"David H. Gutteridge" <dhgutteridge%sympatico.ca@localhost> writes: > I'm largely repeating what someone else has already posted, but the > links I've appended are earlier discussions that cover off the process, > including the correct flags to pass to ensure permissions are reflected > correctly (see the second post for an amendment to the first post on > this). > > http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-help/2008/03/04/msg000089.html > http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-help/2008/03/04/msg000090.html > > If you're upgrading rather than reinstalling, I don't think existing > users and groups should normally be affected (they never have been for > me), as long as you make sure your relevant settings aren't wiped. > (Though there may be exceptions I don't know of.) You should also merge new lines in /etc/master.password and /etc/group into /etc. See also the INSTALL-NetBSD script that is part of pkgsrc/sysutils/etcmanage.
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