Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 14:09:06 +0400 (MSK) From: Kluchnikov Grigory <grn@ispras.ru> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, davew@sai.co.za Subject: Re: Replication of user accounts Message-ID: <200004261009.OAA13910@gate.ispras.ru>
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Dave Wilson wrote: > Hi guys, howzit going ? > > Is there a way to replicate users from one FreeBSD 3.4 Box to another one? > Even if I have to do it manually it will not be a problem, ie copying the > /etc/passwd across from on server to another. > What files are needed, apart from /etc/passwd to replicate the user accounts > across ? Read 'man 5 passwd' and 'man pwd_mkdb'. There are several files: FILES /etc/passwd ASCII password file, with passwords removed /etc/pwd.db db(3)-format password database, with passwords re- moved /etc/master.passwd ASCII password file, with passwords intact /etc/spwd.db db(3)-format password database, with passwords in- tact SEE ALSO chpass(1), login(1), passwd(1), getpwent(3), login_getclass(3), yp(4), login.conf(5), adduser(8), pw(8), pwd_mkdb(8), vipw(8) > > Please help if you can 8-) > > Regards > Dave Wilson > www.sai.co.za > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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