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Date:      Mon, 14 Feb 2000 15:48:18 -0500 (EST)
From:      Brian Anderson <bunicula@rcn.com>
To:        "rick - SomersNet, Inc." <rick@123HostIt.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Changing from Linux to FreeBSD...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002141546000.1990-100000@asmodeus.diabolis.net>
In-Reply-To: <38A86962.13265626@123HostIt.com>

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On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, rick - SomersNet, Inc. wrote:

> move that to the new box and extract it.. However, how do I add all the
> users without using 'adduser' for every user? I know OpenBSD has a
> simple shell to convert the linux passwd and group files, but does FBSD?


Take a look at man 5 passwd on the FreeBSD box... at the bottom, there's
an awk script to convert from old style to new style passwd files. I used
this without problem going from RHL 6.0 to FreeBSD 3.4. Your results may
vary, so don't blame me if it all blows up :)




Brian



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