From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 25 18:24:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9142116A4CE for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:24:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (imap.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8BD9743D4C for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:24:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from krylon@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 21639 invoked by uid 65534); 25 Sep 2004 18:24:49 -0000 Received: from i538755E0.versanet.de (EHLO neuromancer.krylon.net) (83.135.85.224) by mail.gmx.net (mp018) with SMTP; 25 Sep 2004 20:24:49 +0200 X-Authenticated: #685629 Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:24:49 +0200 From: Benjamin Walkenhorst To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2.1) User-Agent: Sylpheed 0.9.7 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.2.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: what password files do i need? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:24:51 -0000 On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:13:05 -0500 Anthony Philipp 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"