From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 24 06:35:36 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D00037B401 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 06:35:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spxgate.servplex.com (ip66-105-58-82.z58-105-66.customer.algx.net [66.105.58.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E94743F85 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 06:35:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@servplex.com) Received: from peter.servplex.com ([192.168.0.10]) by spxgate.servplex.com (8.12.8/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h3ODlqxj003064; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:47:52 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from peter@servplex.com) Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.2.20030424083517.0196a240@mail.servplex.com> X-Sender: peter@mail.servplex.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:35:42 -0500 To: David.Bear@asu.edu From: Peter Elsner In-Reply-To: <20030423222836.A28992@asu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: batchmode adding user accounts X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 13:35:36 -0000 try man pw Peter At 10:28 PM 4/23/2003 -0700, you wrote: >I have migrated a linux box to freebsd. I would like to add all the >user accounts from linux to bsd but the format of /etc/passwd vs >master.password is problematic. > >what I would like to try is pull out the user id from my old passwd >file and somehow batchmode add them to my new system. I can use awk >to get the old ids. But is there utility that will accept a list of >user ids to add to master.password? > >-- >David Bear >College of Public Programs/ASU >Mail Code 0803 >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Elsner Vice President Of Customer Service (And System Administrator) 1835 S. Carrier Parkway Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 (972) 263-2080 - Voice (972) 263-2082 - Fax (972) 489-4838 - Cell Phone (425) 988-8061 - eFax I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say "Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?" -- Mike Godwin Unix IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are. System Administration - It's a dirty job, but somebody said I had to do it. If you receive something that says 'Send this to everyone you know, pretend you don't know me. Standard $500/message proofreading fee applies for UCE.