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Date:      Mon, 9 Mar 1998 18:57:58 +0100
From:      Lee Johnston <ljohnston@cyberworld.demon.co.uk>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: passwd compatibility
Message-ID:  <v01540b02b129dd08da04@[195.173.100.85]>

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FreeBSD uses /etc/master.passwd to store crypted passwords and /etc/passwd
to store a 'fake' passwd file. I don't know if Solaris supports this
method. I think I remember a way of making the FBSD box add the crypted
passwords to an exported passwd file over NIS. I saw this in the
/var/yp/Makefile, and if DES is on both machines in theory they should
work!

Regards, Lee.

>On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Al Johnson wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know if the freebsd passwd and shadow files are compatible
>> with Solaris?  I need to sync a couple of machines for fallback service
>> and I'm getting tired of my Sun boxes reliability, or lack thereof.
>
>Ugh, I don't know.  You definitely need DES on both systems and hopefully
>that will pick up the passwords.
>
>> Is this a good place for NIS+ ???
>
>Just Straight NIS.
>
>Doug White                              | University of Oregon
>Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
>http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
>
>
>
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