Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 09:08:03 -0500 From: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Conversion to FreeBSD from Linux Message-ID: <20040225140803.GD55351@wjv.com> In-Reply-To: <200402251339.i1PDdc2B011071@cah.talon.net> References: <200402251339.i1PDdc2B011071@cah.talon.net>
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While stranded on the shoulder of the Information Superhiway and trying to flag down some passing bytes Scott St. John said "Bits don't fail me now", and continued with: > I have been searching the net for a simple answer and I will > continue to look, but if anyone has a link, please pass it > along. > Two years ago I converted my BSDi password file to Linux with a > simple script to replace fields. For obvious reasons I want to > move back to FreeBSD, but of course I need to convert the Linux > passwd file of 2,000+ users to FreeBSD. > Any links will be appreciated! If you don't find any scripts I found it was not that difficult with vi, a little editing, and the using the cut and paste unix utilities. It's basically putting the appropriate parts from /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow, adding the two extra fields for BSD, and then running the vipw on the completed file. Since it was a one-time thing for me, but it was Irix to BSD and the file format on both Irix and Linux passwords were the same, I figured I could do it manually editing rather than take the time to write a script. Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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