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Date:      Wed, 26 Apr 2000 22:02:16 +1000 (EST)
From:      andrew@ugh.net.au
To:        Kluchnikov Grigory <grn@ispras.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, davew@sai.co.za
Subject:   Re: Replication of user accounts
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004262159390.80836-100000@starbug.ugh.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <200004261009.OAA13910@gate.ispras.ru>

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On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Kluchnikov Grigory wrote:

>      /etc/passwd         ASCII password file, with passwords removed
>      /etc/pwd.db         db(3)-format  password database, with passwords re-
>                          moved
>      /etc/master.passwd  ASCII password file, with passwords intact
>      /etc/spwd.db        db(3)-format  password database, with passwords in-

All these files are automatically generated except for master.passwd. This
is the one you need to copy accross. If you run pwd_mkdb -p on the new box
it will rebuild all the others from master.passwd.

Andrew



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