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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