Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 21:41:12 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Luis =?iso-8859-1?Q?Guzm=E1n?= <luis@galileo.or.cr> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problems after upgrade Message-ID: <20040225214111.GB29738@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <015c01c3fbe6$9ec33930$0401a8c0@copernico> References: <015c01c3fbe6$9ec33930$0401a8c0@copernico>
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On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 03:30:36PM -0600, Luis Guzm=E1n wrote:
> I upgraded my server from FreeBSD 4.6.2 to version 4.8. After this, my pa=
sswd file was empty and my master.passwd was gone! I have a backup of these=
files and now I need to rebuild my users database. Is there a way to do th=
is from my old files? I also need them for my SMB network.
Copy your backup master.passwd file to /etc/master.passwd and then run:
# pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd
which will rebuild the password database, including the /etc/passwd file. =
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Nb. If you upgraded your system using the install media, what it will
have done is essentially write over your original system with the
updated files. That includes giving you a fresh set of the default
versions of the files under /etc -- it will backup your original
settings for you, but you're going to have to merge those files with
the new ones under /etc. This includes particularly such files as
/etc/group, /etc/login.conf, /etc/make.conf, your PPP configuration
(if you're using PPP) and any other files you've customised. You may
find the following commands useful if you need to restore the group or
login.conf files:
# cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf
# cap_mkdb /etc/group
(It does no harm to run those if you're not sure whether you need to
or not.)
Cheers,
Matthew
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