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Date:      Tue, 5 Jan 1999 13:34:39 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>
To:        freebsd@mail.pacificnet.com.mx (FreeBSD)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Moving users to other box...
Message-ID:  <199901051934.NAA02941@horton.iaces.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.990105122328.13598A-100000@mail.pacificnet.com.mx> from FreeBSD at "Jan 5, 99 12:27:30 pm"

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In a previous message, FreeBSD said:
> 
> Im running a 2.1.7.1 Box in an old P133/4Gb PC. Now I buy a PII450/16Gb
> box and I have 2.2.8 running just perfect. What I want to do is move all
> my users (homes and passwords) to the new box.
> 
> There is a established procedure to do it ?


1) Tar/dump/cpio/whatever up the home directories and move them.
2) move /etc/master.passwd
3) move /etc/group (or merge)
4) pwd_mkdb


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