From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 25 18:31:38 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 151EF16A4CE for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:31:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 514E043D2D for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:31:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1] (may be forged)) i8PIVVit038621 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 25 Sep 2004 19:31:31 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)i8PIVVJR038620; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 19:31:31 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 19:31:31 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Benjamin Walkenhorst Message-ID: <20040925183131.GA38556@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Benjamin Walkenhorst , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040925120109.AFA7E16A4D1@hub.freebsd.org> <20040925181305.GA9216@zeus.itg.uiuc.edu> <20040925202449.6bbe7c77.krylon@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040925202449.6bbe7c77.krylon@gmx.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.6 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Sat, 25 Sep 2004 19:31:31 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040904, clamav-milter version 0.75l on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 18:31:38 -0000 --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 08:24:49PM +0200, Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote: > On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:13:05 -0500 > Anthony Philipp 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 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBVbmDiD657aJF7eIRAt/0AJ0Xc9hGTkZex8VM7tlbrVQ3ODFYigCglzG1 DgYYbGjCOB7+yIsEtekFMF8= =o8mV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J--