correct way to move users?

2009-01-15 Thread brad davison 

After my debacle with the PAE kernel, I am building the mail server anew.  I 
had used webmin's user batch file thing to generate the users on the temporary 
system, but there were some issues with that.
 
If I have a good copy of /etc/passwd, /etc/group and /etc/master.passwd, is 
there a better way to move the users?
 
I saw a very breif website that said to use this method:
 

Move user entries from the following old files: 
/etc/passwd/etc/group/etc/master.passwd 
Then run the following command to rebuild the password database: 
pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd  

 
Is this the proper way?  If not, what is the correct way to do this with 
Freebsd (7.0)?
 
Thank you,
Brad
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RE: correct way to move users?

2009-01-15 Thread Brad Davison 

  I saw a very breif website that said to use this method:  Move 
  user entries from the following old files:   
  /etc/passwd/etc/group/etc/master.passwd   Then run the following command 
  to rebuild the password database:   pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd
   i usualy copy the passwd, master.passwd and the group file. keep 
  in mind  that new users and/or groups can appear in newer versions, if 
  you're  also upgrading.  and then pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd (i've 
  never used the -p option but  why not).  and then rsync the homedirs.
OK, I found a couple users on the 'new' system that are not on the old system.  
'messagebus' and 'polkit'.
 
Can I just copy those users/lines to the old master.passwd and run that?  Or 
should I add them to both the master.passwd as well as the passwd files?
 
Thanks for your reply.
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