From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 17 16:02:31 2007 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 AC34616A41A for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:02:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tdeboer@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.239]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 769B413C442 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:02:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tdeboer@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id l8so802223nzf for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:02:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=vY8FbPkoJl9ayZqC2q9nnmE2S0EZ0+NMD2sLPBc6VOA=; b=fEFwnpRaQ8/shtuivh9Ju7FMWd8/qtgmSzmXsAJjkL9rszB51VuHzA58KsG5T7jlzlpJg676Y84Ox1SFCqRA7hoyDJtYgOvLIl5Kcq03XbKleBad9OKgvD5KtoPeu3nX5TxVcSwUy+lTKj3/6hCu3p8s1WCfvBBrYQY919Nk2yU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=m53Yp7MVXaRGgFPNjBFziTN87ZM8afzAMnD5QRbym4DguS0/2KgUl+7ZQ/HWHCHgnrvgmOgh2dqt5qr1+kuTIsoQV2JFeVIJ+gkulXS8+oU0UrBGY+BJkrizkJ1iYWhPVrWz1HDlOrQddjTe3YnF26GJpSd6qZD8KrT7Oc5n6Eg= Received: by 10.65.124.8 with SMTP id b8mr4074439qbn.1190043248222; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:34:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.249.2 with HTTP; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:34:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:34:08 -0600 From: "Tim DeBoer" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Questions about passwd files 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: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:02:31 -0000 Hi everyone, I'm building a new FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE system, and I need to move a ton of users from the old FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE system. I was hoping it would be as easy as copying the master.passwd, passwd, and group files to the new box and rebooting, but No. It's not. Is there a way to "migrate" users from the old box to the new one? I don't care so much about migrating all their home directory contents or mail, I just want a method to add all the old users & passwords and groups to the new machine, and create the user directories in a batch operation. Thanks! -- Tim DeBoer Just once, I'd like it if someone called me "Sir". Without adding "You're creating a scene".