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Dear All ,

Kindly I have some questions , I need hints or answers please .

I have sparc4 , sun solaries 7 , mail server . i have about 5000 users , with no login shell , or home directories for the users .

they only have mail boxes in /var/mail dir .

now , I do not have any type of back up , what is the easiest solution to take back up for my server , or lets say for my 5000 user info. and emails , is there a utility that i can use in order to backup !!

I know /etc/passwd , /etc/shadow and /etc/group files .

any advice ?!?!?

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i was thinking of a silly solution ,,, i do not know if i can apply it ,,, for example if i took ( copy ) , /etc/passwd , /etc/shadow and /etc/group files , then i installed a new server and pasted them again ,,, am i gunna get same users and passwd's ??



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createhomedir

createhomedir(1)					    BSD General Commands Manual 					  createhomedir(1)

NAME

     createhomedir -- create and populate home directories on the local computer.

SYNOPSIS

     createhomedir [-scbalh] [-n directoryDomainName] [-u username]

DESCRIPTION

     createhomedir provides several options for creating and populating home directories.

OPTIONS

     -s       creates home directories for server home paths only (default).

     -c       creates home directories for local home paths only.

     -b       creates home directories for both server and local home paths.

     -a       creates home directories for users defined in all directory domains of the server's search path.

     -l       creates home directories for users defined in the local directory domain.

     -n directoryDomainName
	      creates home directories for users defined in a specific directory domain in the server's search path.

     -u username
	      creates a home directory for a specific user defined in the domain(s) identified in the -a, -l, or -n parameter. If you omit the -a,
	      -l, and -n parameters when you use the -u parameter, -a is assumed.

     -i       reads username list from standard input and creates specified home directories. Each username should be on its own line.

     -h       usage help.

FILES

     /usr/sbin/createhomedir			   location of tool

CAVEATS

     When using the -a option, search limits of various directory servers (such as Open Directory or Active Directory) can prevent all possible
     home directories from being created. In this case, you may need to specify the usernames explicitly.

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