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Date:      05 Jul 2005 16:09:15 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Help passwd file convert
Message-ID:  <44acl13thw.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <42CABBDF.7030801@calarts.edu>
References:  <42CABBDF.7030801@calarts.edu>

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Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> writes:

> I am going to move over from Solaris 8 to FreeBSD 5.4 but would like
> to keep uid, usernames, and passwords from the Solaris 8 box intact
> when I move them to the FreeBSD box.  Is it just as simple as a copy
> and paste for the passwd file?  Is there any commands I have to run
> after the copy and paste?  Anything need to be done to the
> master.passwd file?

It's not quite that simple, but it isn't very hard.  
See the passwd(5) manual.



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