Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 15:53:05 +0200 (CEST) From: Malte Lance <malte.lance@gmx.net> To: Jeffrey Dunitz <orpheus@cray.com> Cc: Lee Reese <lee@gwinnett.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Web Server Linux to FreeBSD Message-ID: <13787.62792.159201.16202@neuron.webmore.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980819163833.25996O-100000@sooner> References: <35DB258C.41C67EA6@gwinnett.com> <Pine.SGI.3.96.980819163833.25996O-100000@sooner>
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Jeffrey Dunitz writes:
> On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Lee Reese wrote:
>
> >Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 15:20:44 -0400
> >From: Lee Reese <lee@gwinnett.com>
> >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> >Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
> >Subject: Web Server Linux to FreeBSD
> >
> >Hi. I'm in the process of converting our web server from Slackware
> >Linux to FreeBSD (Apache). We need a down and dirty way to transfer the
> >/etc/passwd file to a format the FreeBSD understands. Please resopnd
> >via e-mail. Thanks.
>
>
> I wish I could go into lots of detail here, but I can't.
>
> The difference between a linux password file and a freebsd one is that
> all the same information is there, but one has more fields than the
> other does.
>
> I've converted password files between various unices using sed and awk
> scripts. Here's the quickest, vaguest sed/awk lesson you'll ever get:
>
> orpheus:vi3g/BUV6Y05.:500:100:Jeffrey Dunitz:/home/orpheus:/bin/bash
> orpheus:mz/.Rcl79oNnS:500:100::0:0:Jeffrey Dunitz:/home/orpheus:/bin/bash
>
> So there's two example password entries, one from a standard unix password
> file and one from a FreeBSD master.passwd. Note that freebsd has some
> extra :0:0: stuff.
> Also notice that the fields are separated by : characters.
>
> Also note bigtime that those encrypted passwords are made up and just look
> like actual passwords. I'm not stupid enough to mail out my actual password
> file entries so that you all can try to crack them. :)
> Anyway...
There is more than this. There is an essential difference
between DES-encryption and MD5-encryption of passwords. Both
is possible with FreeBSD. I don't know about Linux.
So far there is no easy way to convert between DES- and
MD5-encryption.
BTW, Jeffrey, what version of FreeBSD are you running ?
Malte.
>
>
> You can use awk to spit out fields and arbitrary data:
> cat /etc/passwd | awk -F: '{print $1":"$2}'
> just prints the first two fields with the colon. You have to quote the
> colon like that, or it won't work right.
> You can then figure out how to add in the extra ":0:0" stuff on your own.
> Should be easy.
>
>
> Note that there are some religious fanatics who would insist that the only
> way to do this right is to use Perl. Other crazies will tell you that you
> must use sed. I know how to do it with awk, and it took me about 45 seconds
> to actually figure out how to do it. It would take me another 45 to actually
> generate a working password file with the extra stuff in there. I don't know
> if I could figure out how to make perl do that same thing. I'm not a perl
> god. Your mileage may vary.
>
> >
> >Lee
> >
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