Re: Moving master.passwd file between servers... is this correct?
-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
Re: Moving master.passwd file between servers... is this correct?
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
Moving master.passwd file between servers... is this correct?
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. Thanks guys! -Modulok- ___ 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
Re: Moving master.passwd file between servers... is this correct?
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. -- Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com ___ 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
