From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 9 09:55:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA20756 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 09:55:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA20690 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 09:55:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ljohnston@cyberworld.demon.co.uk) Received: from [195.173.100.85] ([195.173.100.85]) by post.mail.demon.net id aa2016399; 9 Mar 98 17:41 GMT X-Sender: cyberworld@pop3.demon.co.uk Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 18:57:58 +0100 To: Doug White From: Lee Johnston Subject: Re: passwd compatibility Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > > > >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