Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 11:19:11 -0800 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is pwd.db file? Message-ID: <3856982F.DF3C9CF2@bigfoot.com> References: <87wvqhe9pz.fsf@main.wgaf.net>
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Arcady Genkin wrote: > > Should I keep my old pwd.db when upgrading system or copy the new one > over the old one? pwd.db and spwd.db are created by pwd_mkdb from your master.passwd. Just run vipw on the new system, copy lines from old master.passwd to the new system's master.passwd, and vipw will take care of running pwd_mkdb for you. You may have issues regarding MD5 vs. DES passwords. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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