From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 5 11:35:22 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA24821 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 11:35:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA24816 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 11:35:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA02941; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 13:34:39 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from proot) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199901051934.NAA02941@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Moving users to other box... In-Reply-To: from FreeBSD at "Jan 5, 99 12:27:30 pm" To: freebsd@mail.pacificnet.com.mx (FreeBSD) Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 13:34:39 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- Oooo. .oooO ( ) ( ) ) / \ ( (_/ \_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message