From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 8 04:54:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD8C716A4CE for ; Thu, 8 Apr 2004 04:54:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from marshal.ul.ie (marshal.ul.ie [136.201.1.144]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F6B943D1F for ; Thu, 8 Apr 2004 04:54:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian.sheehan@ul.ie) Received: from exch-staff4.ul.ie (Not Verified[136.201.1.128]) by marshal.ul.ie with NetIQ MailMarshal (v5.5.6.5) id ; Fri, 09 Apr 2004 00:54:23 -0500 Received: from ul.ie (wearing.idc.ul.ie [136.201.107.147]) by exch-staff4.ul.ie with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id H4B1HB06; Thu, 8 Apr 2004 12:52:42 +0100 Message-ID: <40753CC0.60104@ul.ie> Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 12:51:28 +0100 From: Brian Sheehan User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (Windows/20040207) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Migrating user accounts from linux to freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 11:54:37 -0000 Hi, I've recently done a fresh installation of freebsd 4.9, and now I want to migrate the user accounts from a redhat 9 machine to the new freebsd machine, and hopefully keep logins and passwords unchanged. Is this possible? Also, what would be the best way to go about moving the users' home directories from the linux box to the freebsd one?