Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 21:11:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Gerry Freymann <freymann@eagle.ca> To: Pablo Quintana <quintana@netsys.hn> Cc: "Gerald T. Freymann" <gerry@eagle.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Password file saved? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104252109300.11451-100000@marlo.eagle.ca> In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.0.20010425151200.02879bc0@netsys.hn>
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On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Pablo Quintana wrote: > Thanks, but how can I tell for sure what type of encryption I'm using, and > what is the default for 4.2 R. Well, I'd be willing to bet it's DES on your old 2.2.8. 4.x uses MD4.... you can tell by looking at the master.passwd file. See this site: http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/ under advanced... Changing Password Encryption Libraries for more details. > Second, after putting the master.passwd file back, how do I create users? > Are they created automatically with that file? I tar'd up my /usr/home directory. moved the tar to the new machine, un-tar'd. Also copied over my /etc/group file. Voila. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Gerry Freymann -- Senior Systems Manager Northumbria EAGLE Internet www.eagle.ca Voice: 905-373-9313 Fax: 905-373-1801 http://www.eagle.ca/customer_support NetBios probes are flooding the Internet! Uncheck File & Printer Sharing from TCP/IP -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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