From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Nov 10 21:04:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA13309 for isp-outgoing; Sun, 10 Nov 1996 21:04:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from bitbucket.edmweb.com (bitbucket.edmweb.com [204.244.190.9]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA13290 for ; Sun, 10 Nov 1996 21:04:17 -0800 (PST) Received: (from steve@localhost) by bitbucket.edmweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id VAA00756; Sun, 10 Nov 1996 21:03:52 -0800 Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 21:03:47 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Reid To: Michael Slater cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Converting linux shadow passwords In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I am in the process of switching from Linux to FreeBSD, and am > wondering if their is a method of Converting the Linux password/shadow > file into a FreeBSD password file, other than manually re-entering every > user ? You can not convert the format. Both password systems are based on different functions, and both functions are designed to be one-way. You can, however, set up your FreeBSD system to use the standard DES style passwords. This is covered in the FAQ section 2.20. Take a look at http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ43.html ===================================================================== | Steve Reid - SysAdmin & Pres, EDM Web (http://www.edmweb.com/) | | Email: steve@edmweb.com Home Page: http://www.edmweb.com/steve/ | | PGP (2048/9F317269) Fingerprint: 11C89D1CD67287E68C09EC52443F8830 | | -- Disclaimer: JMHO, YMMV, TANSTAAFL, IANAL. -- | ===================================================================:)