From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 30 19:42:50 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0F0F16A4CE for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:42:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from mordrede.visionsix.com (mordrede.visionsix.com [65.202.119.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EAA743FD7 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:42:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lists@visionsix.com) Received: from vsis169 (unverified [65.202.119.169]) by mordrede.visionsix.com for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:42:46 -0600 Message-ID: <000801c3b7bd$2eb54740$df0a0a0a@visionsix.net> From: "Lewis Watson" To: Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:42:45 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: Moving to New Server.. Passwd Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 03:42:50 -0000 I am moving to a new server and trying to maintain user,uid, and gid info. I have the entire /etc directory tar'd and am wondering when I get to the new server what I need as far as to maintain the user info files. I am thinking passwd, master.passwd, and group. After I move these files I run pwd_mkdb - p /etc/master.passwd. Is there any need to copy spwd.db and pwd.db? If I understand it correctly these will be created/updated when I run pwd_mkdb. Also, is there a better way to sync these files from one server to another? Thanks, Lewis