From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 27 16:24:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E1F716A421 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:24:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rambiusparkisanius@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CD1D13C448 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:24:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rambiusparkisanius@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so1338200rvb.43 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:24:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=sOtiyNzRKeh4hTs5AfpVtc69xqJM1bJqb0hDUQgCr84=; b=Wt8H+ighBnUQ1soaUfkGJ3rjLSyVIA7XYgKJA0t+NgrZOwo5O8irn3XaNZcpii91GPYYHZlIQOyz1emWu7Wn3ghoWqH29Hpugr1Y8Yj3rkTmx4w5X+d9UE0eZeLww6py4xQHDfPV1zqMRDOXBkiuTXu2xhM5Hj01lNNeswMzJAk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=h4/4aGBfJbaLztIMunFFt8LsDyTATRiZUaMx5Z0JQzH6hQQzlVph2A4G+5cTCPlQRtITfSoYWXVdo0J+FczXD5+vUTIh4sniHOAwJMoL8tEqxARptljtcLfUBgrr/p0n9kFsUly0JjPgvvoDq5eng15VGI5JyDdZ2p5ARZaGQjY= Received: by 10.141.178.5 with SMTP id f5mr2796794rvp.191.1201449558358; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:59:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.140.161.2 with HTTP; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:59:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <89ce7f740801270759l780e08aaw16710154bf1debe6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:59:18 +0200 From: "Ivan \"Rambius\" Ivanov" To: "FreeBSD Questions" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: How to backup the users X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:24:39 -0000 Hello, I am running a small FreeBSD server and I have a a couple of users ssh'ing to it. I want to wipe the server out and reinstall FreeBSD on it, but I want to preserve the users' credentials. Can you please advise me how to back them up? Thank you in advance. Regards Rambius -- Tangra Mega Rock: http://www.radiotangra.com