Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:51:17 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fcash@ocis.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: system password's file Message-ID: <200510140851.18406.fcash@ocis.net> In-Reply-To: <e8ecf3c00510132129k191a30bapfff1e22b81d46f6d@mail.gmail.com> References: <38664.202.65.114.154.1129284462.squirrel@webmail.usd.ac.id> <c21e92e20510132025v1d59a7d7r144e406ce79f04dd@mail.gmail.com> <e8ecf3c00510132129k191a30bapfff1e22b81d46f6d@mail.gmail.com>
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On October 13, 2005 09:29 pm, Jayesh Jayan wrote: > I would suggest you to try the below and make sure this works > 1 ) Install a new freebsd server > 2 ) create a user on your linux machine say with username freebsd and > some password > 3 ) now copy the data in your /etc/passwd file of linux machine to > freebsd machine > 4 ) Also copy the /etc/shadow file to freebsd server and renmae it as > /etc/master.passwd Don't do this, you'll kill all the accounts on your system. > 5 ) Also copy /etc/groups > 6 ) Now try to login to freebsd machine with the new user created on > the linux machine. If you search the OpenBSD FAQ, you'll find the correct process to take to convert Linux users to BSD users. It's a very quick awk script, and it works quite nicely. I used it to convert 500 users on a RedHat 6.2 system to a FreeBSD 5.3 system without any hiccups. -- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net
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