Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 19:31:31 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Benjamin Walkenhorst <krylon@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what password files do i need? Message-ID: <20040925183131.GA38556@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040925202449.6bbe7c77.krylon@gmx.net> References: <20040925120109.AFA7E16A4D1@hub.freebsd.org> <20040925181305.GA9216@zeus.itg.uiuc.edu> <20040925202449.6bbe7c77.krylon@gmx.net>
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On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 08:24:49PM +0200, Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:13:05 -0500
> Anthony Philipp <philipp1@itg.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>=20
> > 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
>=20
> I *think* it's /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd.
> I'm not giving any guarantees, though. =3D)
> (If in doubt, you might also want to grep /etc for the logins of your
> friends.)
/etc/master.passwd and /etc/group -- you can regenerate /etc/passwd
from /etc/master.passwd by running:
# pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd
But note that there have been changes to the standard system accounts
which you will need to merge.
Cheers,
Matthew
--=20
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