Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 14:10:43 -0600 (CST) From: David Kelly <dkelly@mail.HiWAAY.net> To: freebsd@mail.pacificnet.com.mx, proot@horton.iaces.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Moving users to other box... Message-ID: <199901052010.OAA09781@mail.HiWAAY.net>
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"Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> writes: > 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) Don't just move master.passwd and group, merge. > 4) pwd_mkdb Don't forget to check and make sure your users don't have cron jobs queued. Also want to check for mail in /var/mail. And whatever you do don't trash the original files until you have established the user's on their new home. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net (hm) ====================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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