Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 21:17:41 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@giovannelli.it> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: moving passwd from Linux to FreeBSD Message-ID: <19991226211741.A83636@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19991227024437.016a1240@194.184.65.4>; from "Gianmarco Giovannelli" on Mon Dec 27 02:49:45 GMT 1999 References: <4.2.0.58.19991227024437.016a1240@194.184.65.4>
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In the last episode (Dec 27), Gianmarco Giovannelli said: > > I have to "convert" a Linux redhat : > Red Hat Linux release 5.2 (Apollo): Kernel 2.0.36 on an i686 > > To a 3.4 FreeBSD box... > > The passwd is not "shadowed". > What I have to do to convert it to a more BSDish form ? > > (please step by step, if possible :-) Man 5 passwd, copy the awk script at the bottom to a file Run the awk script on your Linux passwd file Run 'vipw' and merge the modified passwd into the passwd file on the BSD box. Try not to change any of the existing FreeBSD userids < 100. Save and exit. You're done. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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