Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 08:15:40 -0400 From: Mikel <mikel@ocsinternet.com> To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Migrating from Linux to FreeBSD Message-ID: <3ADAE26C.AD284476@ocsinternet.com> References: <20010416135618.C2022@everest.wananchi.com>
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Here's a copy of someting that I received one a while ago...
Cheers,
Mikel
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: converting a linux /etc/passwd to freebsd /etc/master.passwd
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:44:19 -0600
From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To: dan kelley <djk121@yahoo.com>
CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
References: <20010322164027.29414.qmail@web4304.mail.yahoo.com>
In the last episode (Mar 22), dan kelley said:
> has anyone come across a relatively painless way to do this?
>
> i have a large number of users that i need to migrate, and i'd rather
> not have to recreate the entries on the freebsd box by hand.
run pwunconv on the Linux end, copy it over to freebsd, run
awk < passwd.linux > /etc/master.passwd 'BEGIN { FS = ":"} { print $1 ":" $2
":" $3 ":" $4 "::0:0:" $5 ":" $6 ":" $7 }'
run pwd_mkdb, and you should be set.
--
Dan Nelson
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Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> Hello good people,
> I'm inheriting some Linux boxes but I don't have 2 lives like many
> of us. All my life has revolved around FreeBSD. I am now having to
> migrate users from a Linux box. I have over 3000 of them. I have other
> applications to move also but that is not an issue. Does someone know a
> painless way of doing this without having headaches with clients calling
> about passwords not working etc? The mail is also a though in mbox
> format.
>
> Thanks in advance for the advice.
>
> -Wash
>
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