From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 14 11:13:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chen.org.nz (adsl-210.54.19.51.quicksilver.net.nz [210.54.19.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB35E37B41B for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2002 11:13:48 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by chen.org.nz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1EJDSp15319; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 08:13:28 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 08:13:28 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Matiss Elsbergs Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to backup users WITH their passwords? Message-ID: <20020215081328.A14993@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from matiss@bkc.lv on Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 01:45:20PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 01:45:20PM +0200, Matiss Elsbergs wrote: > Hello there, > > Is there a way to backup users on a mail server, keeping their passwords? > Users are normal unix users, with allowed shell login. Um. What's wrong with tar/dump/cpio? As long as you backup /etc as well, users & passwords will be maintained. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message