From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 29 02:44:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA29387 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 02:44:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lists.dcro.dla.mil ([33.19.104.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA29375 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 02:44:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from PraiseGod (col-oh25-09.ix.netcom.com [207.220.131.41]) by lists.dcro.dla.mil (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id FAA18254 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 05:24:20 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707290924.FAA18254@lists.dcro.dla.mil> From: "Michael P. Deslippe" To: Subject: Password List Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 05:44:17 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1008.3 X-MimeOle: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE Engine V4.71.1008.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I am about to convert a machine with FreeBSD 2.1.6 to 2.2. I want to reformat and install from scratch. What do I have to do to save and transfer my USERS password files. I don't want everyone to have to logon again - in fact, I'd like the change to be as transparent as possible. What do I have to do? ---Mike