- Original Message -
From: Yanurul Anwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Csaba Bobak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: convert user
sorry to bring it on forum csaba...
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Csaba Bobak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Yanurul Anwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 2:12 PM
> Subject: Re: convert user
> Hi again
>
> I read the qmail-pw2u and pmail-newu like u said.
> here what i've done :
> - i got my new /etc/passwd file copied from the old server.
>i.e:
>ali:x:1016:2000: Ali yahya:/home/ali:/bin/bash
>and alot more lines
> - i do : # /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pw2u
/var/qmail/users/assign
> then
># /var/qmail/bin/qmail-newu
>
> here's what happened:
> accutally i have 2 passwd files, one from the new server containing user
> that i've created manually and the second is from the old server (the one
> i've intend to convert).
> what happened is i succesfully create an assign file using the first
passwd
> file but failed when using the second (no error massage but nothing
happened
> to the assign file).
> - am i have to create all user manually first then i'll be able to create
> qmail user
> (like smbuser created after creating user manually first) ?. the second
> rules (from man qmail-pw2u) said that qmail-pw2u skip user that dont have
> home directory. it mean that i have to create it manually first right ?
i
> hope its wrong!)
> - what step do i missed ?
> - i expect to see that after i crated qmail user i'll see Mailbox file in
> every home directory of all user that i created using above methode. is
> qmail-pw2u work that way?
>
>
> sorry to ask such newbie questions and thanks for all the patience
>
> > Step 1) 'man qmail-pw2u'
> > Step 2) 'man qmail-newu'
> > Step 3) mail to the list if no success
> >
> > Have a good read at the good-enough qmail docs.
> >
> > Csaba
> >
> >
> > Original Message dated 2001.05.08, 4:33:41
> > Author: "Yanurul Anwar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Re: convert user:
> >
> >
> > hi all
> >
> > recently i convert mail server into qmail. we used a new comp and
> > instaled it. i'm trying to convert user from /etc/passwd from the old
> > server (about 1500 user) into qmail user in the new server (including
the
> > password).
> > is there any easy way to do this? rather than typing it one by one?
> > any manual?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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