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Date:      Wed, 8 Mar 2000 12:44:58 -0500 (EST)
From:      Brian Anderson <bunicula@rcn.com>
To:        Justin Boss <jboss@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: backing up user names and groops
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003081242430.17098-100000@asmodeus.diabolis.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000308172729.11534.qmail@hotmail.com>

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On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Justin Boss wrote:

> I was wondering if there is a way to backup all user and group. I'm bring up 
> a new server and I tared the user directories but UID# is different when I 
> add the user back. So then I have to change the owner. Is there files that I 
> can just bring over form the old server?



user data is in /etc/master.passwd
group data /etc/group

those files can be copied from one system to another, and will get your
user accounts moved over. when you copy master.passwd, make sure to
rebuild your user database (man pwd_mkdb)


brian



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