Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:27:16 +0100 From: Vince <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: Tim DeBoer <tdeboer@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions about passwd files Message-ID: <46EEAAE4.6000803@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <f5fb6600709170834t205541f6m637c1598b7a5ec10@mail.gmail.com> References: <f5fb6600709170834t205541f6m637c1598b7a5ec10@mail.gmail.com>
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Tim DeBoer wrote: > 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! > You did run pwd_mkdb after moving the master.passwd file didnt you ? (see pwd_mkdb(8)) Vince
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