From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 9 4:34:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sblake.comcen.com.au (sblake.comcen.com.au [203.23.236.144]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E601015378 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 04:34:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@sblake.comcen.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by sblake.comcen.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA56751; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 23:34:25 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from sue) Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 23:34:25 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: Mark Russell Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDI to FreeBSD passwords Message-ID: <19991209233425.B56133@sblake.comcen.com.au> References: <19991208064733.B41886@sblake.comcen.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Dec 08, 1999 at 10:30:28AM +1100, Mark Russell wrote: > On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Sue Blake wrote: > > > I'm attempting to convert a BSDI 3.0 system to FreeBSD 3.3, and need > > to pull in a few thousand passwords. The master.passwd file is > > compatible, but the encryption's compatibility seems variable. > > We migrated from BSDi 2.1 to FreeBSD 3.3 a few months ago without a > hitch. Make sure you have DES installed from > ftp.internat.freebsd.org. Make sure you have user:*:100: in /etc/group as > under BSDi all normal users are placed in the one group, though you may > have users in other groups which you'll need to add as well. > > Hope this helps Sure does. Thanks to all who replied. With those changes and greater conviction I was able to work out that the failures were all people using ssh. Telnet and local login worked fine for them. I guess I have to build a new ssh after installing DES. -- Sue Blake System Administrator, Com-Cen Pty. Ltd. Sydney Office: +61-2-9516-5400 1/21 Chester Street Camperdown NSW 2050 Customer Support: 1300-651030 http://www.comcen.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message