Thanks guys, it worked! -Modulok-
On 3/11/10, Matthew Seaman <m.sea...@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----- > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"