Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 12:25:35 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: michaelh@cet.co.jp, irq@stepahead.net, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Switching to FreeBSD Message-ID: <199703301925.MAA08284@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <5841.859702394@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Mar 29, 97 10:13:14 pm
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> > 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 --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199703301925.MAA08284>