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Date:      Fri, 2 Apr 1999 00:11:14 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        freebsdquestions@hotmail.com (FreeBSD Questions)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: rdisting passwd from BSD/OS to FreeBSD 3.1
Message-ID:  <199904020511.AAA09220@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990402043724.87886.qmail@hotmail.com> from FreeBSD Questions at "Apr 1, 99 08:37:24 pm"

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FreeBSD Questions wrote,
> I would like to migrate from BSD/OS to FreeBSD 3.1.  I'm
> attempting to use rdist to copy the /etc/passwd, 
> /etc/master.passwd, /etc/pwd.db and /etc/spwd.db
> files from BSD/OS to FreeBSD.

I wouldn't trust moving the *.db files across platforms. I do not know
if it is your problem, but you might want to consider only moving the
text files and rebuilding the db files natively on FreeBSD.

Just an idea.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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