Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 17:38:42 -0700 From: "Don Sutter" <drs@suntreeaz.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Transferring users Message-ID: <007501c16a49$36bb83a0$13fea8c0@drs>
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I'm thinking of installing FreeBSD 4.4 on a trial box. Assuming I like what I see, how difficult is it to transfer my existing pile of users from my existing 4.3 system over to the new system? I know I'll need to take over, and possibly modify, files that I've massaged in /etc, /etc/namedb and /etc/mail as well as all of the things I need to do in /usr/local/etc (apache, mysql, etc.). But I'm mostly concerned with my users. Obviously, /home needs to be transferred but I don't want to re-enter all of my users and their passwords and home directory pointers all over again. I like adduser and vipw but not over and over again. The passwd file will be transferred over from the old system but what about the passwords? I've never done this before and would appreciate some insight from anyone who's been there before. Thanks Don To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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