Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 18:13:50 -0800 (PST) From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@nike.efn.org> To: Chris Bura <chris@main.Netcorps.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: backup server Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970219180853.405o-100000@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <199702200040.QAA05122@main.netcorps.com>
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On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Chris Bura wrote:
>
> We have a backup server and are wondering which files in the /etc
> directory of the main server need to be copied so that username, password
> and groups are all identical on the backup.
>
> This is what we copied. But we're still getting "unknown user"s
>
> /etc/
> group
> master.passwd
> pwd.db
> passwd
> login.access
>
> What are we missing?
spwd.db... that is the file that contains the encrypted passwords... read
pwd_mkdb(8) for more info on these files...
you can use pwd_mkdb(8) to create {pwd.db,spwd.db,passwd} from
master.passwd...
hope this helps... ttyl..
John-Mark
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