Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 14:56:06 +0100 From: Jean-Baptiste Quenot <jb.quenot@caraldi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: migrating users Message-ID: <20031128135604.GB4049@watt.intra.caraldi.com> In-Reply-To: <3FC6013D.9090403@debank.tv> References: <3FC6013D.9090403@debank.tv>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] * Rob Evers: > I'm going to move move my sendmail server to a new machine. The new > machine will use postfix and virtual users, now what I cant't figure > out is how to migrate the users (and keep the old passwords). Does > anyone know of a procedure to extract plain text passwords for all > users ? Generally speaking, there is no way to retrieve clear-text passwords from the database, because passwords are encrypted with a one-way hash. Hoewever, you can try to copy the encrypted password as-is. The new virtual users database could recognize it, depending on what you use. Best regards, -- Jean-Baptiste Quenot http://caraldi.com/jbq/ [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/x1P09xx3BCMc9gsRAteyAJoDFtCQguup71MKN1I38krMF2F+FwCeI1nO y5jp/HGlNnKrrqv3S4DTq4k= =KThw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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