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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Switching to FreeBSD
To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 12:25:35 -0700 (MST)
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> > FreeBSD passwords aren't in /etc/passwd, they're in a db.  You need to
> 
> Well, to be more accurate - they're shadowed in /etc/passwd but
> actually in /etc/master.passwd (from which the db is built).
> 
> If you have DES style passwords on your Linux box, just make sure
> that the DES distribution is installed on your FreeBSD box then
> copy the entries into /etc/master.passwd using vipw(1).  When
> you're done adjusting the entries to taste (home directory, GCOS
> field changes, etc), vipw will rebuild the databases automatically.

Even more accurately, there is a shell script to do this conversion,
including fixing the field differences.  The shell script is in the
-questions and -hackers list archives.


					Regards,
					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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