diff --git a/screening/dist/admin/backup-config.sh b/screening/dist/admin/backup-config.sh
index 9cd00fa5767a9651fcc580523f1576835397f973..befe4722a64348845132914b712f8bbe5f83277b 100755
--- a/screening/dist/admin/backup-config.sh
+++ b/screening/dist/admin/backup-config.sh
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ cp $ROOT/datastore_server/etc/tabular-data-graph.properties $CONF/tabular-data-g
 cp $ROOT/openBIS-server/jetty/bin/passwd.sh $CONF/passwd.sh
 cp $ROOT/datastore_server/etc/datastore_server.conf $CONF/datastore_server.conf
 cp $ROOT/openBIS-server/jetty/bin/openbis.conf $CONF/openbis.conf
+cp $ROOT/openBIS-server/jetty/etc/passwd $CONF/passwd
 cp $ROOT/openBIS-server/jetty/etc/jetty.xml $CONF/jetty.xml
 cp $ROOT/openBIS-server/jetty/etc/openBIS.keystore $CONF/.keystore 
diff --git a/screening/dist/admin/restore-config-from-backup.sh b/screening/dist/admin/restore-config-from-backup.sh
index 22f3521306e2048f509ee00495ac11d6a9322f0f..81ffd37e4d217174630488ff8d9cfca2373deab4 100755
--- a/screening/dist/admin/restore-config-from-backup.sh
+++ b/screening/dist/admin/restore-config-from-backup.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ cp $CONF/tabular-data-graph.properties $ROOT/datastore_server/etc/tabular-data-g
 cp $CONF/passwd.sh $ROOT/openBIS-server/jetty/bin/passwd.sh
 cp $CONF/datastore_server.conf $ROOT/datastore_server/etc/datastore_server.conf
 cp $CONF/openbis.conf $ROOT/openBIS-server/jetty/bin/openbis.conf
+cp $CONF/passwd $ROOT/openBIS-server/jetty/etc/passwd
 cp $CONF/jetty.xml $ROOT/openBIS-server/jetty/etc/jetty.xml
 cp $CONF/.keystore $ROOT/datastore_server/etc/openBIS.keystore
 cp $CONF/.keystore $ROOT/openBIS-server/jetty/etc/openBIS.keystore