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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


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