From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 4 19:26:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B00D416A4CE for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 19:26:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [198.92.228.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7160043D58 for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 19:26:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59426627B; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:26:41 -0500 (CDT) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 14119-08; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:26:39 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [198.92.228.34] (racerx.makeworld.com [198.92.228.34]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 779E66172; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:26:39 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <4111386E.80304@makeworld.com> Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 14:26:38 -0500 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2 (X11/20040801) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Peter N. M. Hansteen" References: <877jsen1xu.fsf@tosh.datadok.no> In-Reply-To: <877jsen1xu.fsf@tosh.datadok.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.2 -> 5.2 passwd format change? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 19:26:42 -0000 Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: > I'm in the process of moving users from a 4.2 machine to an updated > setup using 5.2.1. There appears to have been some changes in the > password format (as in the users are not able to log in to the test > system), and the main reference I find is this entry in > /usr/src/UPDATING: > > 20000928: > There was a change in the passwd format. Need more information. > > Any pointers appreciated. > Perhaps your best and safest way to upgrade would be to upgrade from 4.2 to 4.10, then from 4.10 to 5.2.1 - keeping in mind that 5.2.1 is still very much experimental. Perhaps an upgrade from 4.2 - 4.10 and waiting until 5.3-REL comes out might be a better suggestion? -- Best regards, Chris