Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 21:33:05 -0500 From: Greg Lehey <grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> To: Jeff Tolley <jeff@comnetcom.net>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: quick question on passwd file. Message-ID: <19991207213305.48768@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <012301bf4102$f23bab40$7cf764d1@comnetcom.net>; from Jeff Tolley on Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 04:32:29PM -0600 References: <012301bf4102$f23bab40$7cf764d1@comnetcom.net>
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On Tuesday, 7 December 1999 at 16:32:29 -0600, Jeff Tolley wrote: > I hope this in the right place. You're probabbly better off in -questions, since this isn't a specifically ISP issue. > We are currently in the process of migrating our webserver to a > better machine. What is the best way to move the users from the old > machine to the new machine? Is simply copying over the passwd and > master.passwd file's enough? There are in fact two other files, /etc/pwd.db and /etc/spwd.db as well. But you can generate them and /etc/passwd from /etc/master.passwd (thus the name). The "correct" way to do it is with pwd_mkdb(8), which has a reasonable man page. The "easy" way do to it is with vipw(8). You'll have to change something and write it back to fool vipw to start pwd_mkdb, but that's about all you need to do. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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