Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:59:33 -0700 From: Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Moving master.passwd file between servers... is this correct? Message-ID: <64c038661003111859i3e038e4eq7bb265289da02a0f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B98A4CB.6090507@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <64c038661003101809s7467432buce6a548b3b0d5cf2@mail.gmail.com> <20100311054110.GA11675@dan.emsphone.com> <4B98A4CB.6090507@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Thanks guys, it worked! -Modulok- On 3/11/10, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 11/03/2010 05:41:10, Dan Nelson wrote: >> In the last episode (Mar 10), Modulok said: >>> I need to migrate a passwd file from an old 6.2 server to a newer 8.0 >>> server (different box). This is what I did: >>> >>> copied the '/etc/master.passwd' from old server to '/etc/master.passwd' >>> on new server then ran: >>> >>> pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd && pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd >>> >>> It seems to work, but is this correct? I'd hate to miss somethign before >>> it goes online. >> >> Yep, that should work. Don't forget to update /etc/groups too. >> > > And try running 'mergemaster -p' which should let you merge in any new > system accounts (ignore all the other bits it looks at). > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > - -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard > Flat 3 > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate > Kent, CT11 9PW > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkuYpMsACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxacgCfTxB2WO7JXMu4XQs/M9kcYvWu > QwIAn0DX0eFW8IrP5N5vOlZR51Eg68FF > =2qaS > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
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