From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 14 21:57:49 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A09916A468 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:57:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@messier.com) Received: from mainstreet.net (noc.mainstreet.net [207.5.0.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B04D13C455 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:57:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@messier.com) Received: from [204.69.218.217] (cache.mainstreet.net [204.69.218.217]) (authenticated bits=0) by mainstreet.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l5ELvmuA097618 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:57:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@messier.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <11093482.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <10840247.post@talk.nabble.com> <11093482.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <7CDA68DA-A40D-4A6A-B9D7-1AFF589E9316@messier.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Mark Messier Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:57:41 -0700 To: FreeBSD Mailing List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:55:25 +0000 Subject: password file migration X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:57:49 -0000 I know this has been covered before, but the search mechanism at the mailing list archive doesn't seem to work (zero matches for the word: password). I've got a 5.3 system and a 6.2 system. I want to migrate the user accounts from the 5.3 to the 6.2. They use different encryption mechanisms for the password in master.password. Other that running a cracker, is there a way to upconvert the old to the new? Thanks, -mark