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Date:      Thu, 6 Jun 2002 14:07:42 +0200
From:      Axel Scheepers <axel@axel.truedestiny.net>
To:        Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to transfer passwd data from NIS-Server to local
Message-ID:  <20020606140742.D67863@mars.thuis>
In-Reply-To: <3CFF446D.9040905@ant.uni-bremen.de>; from rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de on Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 01:15:57PM %2B0200
References:  <3CFF446D.9040905@ant.uni-bremen.de>

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On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 01:15:57PM +0200, Heinrich Rebehn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We have a FreeBSD server running 4.5-RELEASE, that acts as a NIS client for 
> login. NIS server is a Sparc/Solaris machine that runs NIS+ in NIS compatible mode.
> I want to get rid of the Sparc and since there are no more NIS clients, i want 
> to use local passwd for login. How can i transfer the passwd data (including 
> crypted passwords) from the NIS server to the local passwd database?
> I am able to extract the data from NIS, but how do i write it to local?
> I really do not want to require all our users to set their passwords again.
> 

Hi Heinrich,

It's been a while, but doesn't ypcat master.password on a authoritive host
do the trick?

Gr,
-- 
Axel Scheepers
UNIX System Administrator

email: axel@axel.truedestiny.net
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