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Subject: Re: Migrating users
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 14:57:43 -0400
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you need a lot more then just /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd

----- Original Message -----
From: "Haapanen, Tom" <tomh@metrics.com>
To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 1:22 PM
Subject: RE: Migrating users


> You'll need to recreate the home directories, and then you can copy the
> users over from /etc/master.passwd
>
> -----
> Tom Haapanen -- Software Metrics/Equitrac Corp.
> Advanced Printing Solutions -- http://www.metrics.com/
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matiss Elsbergs [mailto:matiss@bkc.lv]
> Sent: Friday, 26 October, 2001 13:07
> To: alexus
> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Migrating users
>
>
> I don't want to.. I want a brand new system (it's the same box, hdd will
be
> new..)
>
> So is there a way?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "alexus" <ml@db.nexgen.com>
> To: "Matiss Elsbergs" <matiss@bkc.lv>; <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 5:47 PM
> Subject: Re: Migrating users
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>
> > just do upgrade from 4.3 to 4.4
> >
> > that's all
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Matiss Elsbergs" <matiss@bkc.lv>
> > To: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>
> > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 3:25 AM
> > Subject: Migrating users
> >
> >
> > > Hello there,
> > >
> > > I want to delete an 4.3 installation, and install 4.4. Question: is
> there
> > a
> > > way to move all users to the new system, without adding them by hand?
Is
> > it
> > > possible?
> > >
> > > rgds, Matiss Elsbergs
> > > Astranet IS
> > > Systems Administrator
> > > matiss@bkc.lv
> > >
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