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Date:      Sun, 30 Mar 1997 12:47:28 +0900 (JST)
From:      Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
To:        interrupt request <irq@stepahead.net>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Switching to FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.SV4.3.95.970330124438.1228A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970329104529.10575A-100000@stepahead.net>

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On Sat, 29 Mar 1997, interrupt request wrote:

> I am switching to FreeBSD 2.1.7 from Red Hat Linux 4.1....is there some
> sort of an easy way of doing this? Or do I have to completely repartition
> and reformat? And, if so, I am running shadow on my current system. Does
> FreeBSD come shadowed? If so, is it compatible with my /etc/passwd and
> /etc/shadow? Thank you....

FreeBSD passwords aren't in /etc/passwd, they're in a db.  You need to
repartition, but maybe someone on the list can give you advice on
importing passwd and shadow.

Regards,


Mike Hancock




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