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Date:      Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:24:49 +0200
From:      Benjamin Walkenhorst <krylon@gmx.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: what password files do i need?
Message-ID:  <20040925202449.6bbe7c77.krylon@gmx.net>
In-Reply-To: <20040925181305.GA9216@zeus.itg.uiuc.edu>
References:  <20040925120109.AFA7E16A4D1@hub.freebsd.org> <20040925181305.GA9216@zeus.itg.uiuc.edu>

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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:13:05 -0500
Anthony Philipp <philipp1@itg.uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
> I was planning on doing a clean install for 5.3 when it comes out, and
> I have seveal friends who have accounts on my box. Which password
> files do I need to move over so that their passwords won't change.
> Thanks a lot. Anthony Philipp

I *think* it's /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd.
I'm not giving any guarantees, though. =)
(If in doubt, you might also want to grep /etc for the logins of your
friends.)

Kind regards,
Benjamin

-- 
If cars had improved at [the computer industry's] rate, a Rolls Royce
would now cost 10 dollars and get a billion miles per gallon.
(Unfortunately, it would probably also have 200-page manual telling how
to open the door.)
--
Andrew Tanenbaum, "Introduction To Distributed Systems"



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