Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 08:20:08 +0200 From: "Doron Shmaryahu" <doron@home.crc.co.za> To: "Craig M. Luchtefeld" <craig@2400baud.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Migrating Linux to FreeBSD Message-ID: <017c01c28ba5$e2055460$0801a8c0@dman> References: <000101c28b8f$ef81a370$0500000a@x00000000>
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Hi, if you would like I have a procedure and scripts that will convert linux password file to freebsd format. Doron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig M. Luchtefeld" <craig@2400baud.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 5:43 AM Subject: Migrating Linux to FreeBSD > Hello all, > > Ive inherited control of two linux boxes at work which provide > essentially nothing more than mail and ftp access to a bunch of external > customers. We host their domains on these two servers and they either > pop-off or access their email through squirrelmail. To make a really > long story short, we're looking to setup two boxes in parallel, migrate > the data, test for a week or so, and then switch the old boxes out. > > I know enough in Linux and FreeBSD to get by, but I have a bit more > experience with FreeBSD and love how easy it is to install new apps, > update apps, etc. My question is this: are there any known good > procedures on how to migrate roughly 200 users on a RedHat 6.2 linux > server over to a FreeBSD server? Im looking basically to retain their > username/passwords and their mail. Everything else is going to be > installed from scratch using FreeBSD 4.7. > > Thanks in advance for any ideas/help. > > Craig > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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