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From: Markko Merzin <markko@torn.eau.ee>
To: Lauri Laupmaa <mauri@krabi.mbp.ee>
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Subject: Re: passwd upgrade from linux ?
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On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Lauri Laupmaa wrote:

> I'm going to upgrade ages old debian-bo linux to 4.1-STABLE
> Is it possible to import old users/passwords across ?

You may want to merge passwd and shadow files to master.passwd.

# /usr/lib/yp/yphelper -p /etc/passwd /etc/shadow | awk -F: '{
print($1":"$2":"$3":"$4":standard:0:0:"$5":"$6":"$7) }' > master.passwd


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Markko




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