From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 23 13:24:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cliff.mfn.org (cliff.mfn.org [204.238.179.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C164C37B400 for ; Sun, 23 Jun 2002 13:24:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from greeves.mfn.org (greeves.mfn.org [204.238.179.37]) by cliff.mfn.org (8.11.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id g5NKO1240278 for ; Sun, 23 Jun 2002 15:24:02 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from measl@mfn.org) Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 15:24:01 -0500 (CDT) From: To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 4.6 vs root passwd Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Good Morning, I spent most of yesterday building a new 4.6 box to replace our 4.2 web server. As part of the "finishing touches", I moved over the old passwd and master.passwd files from the old to the new box. Incredibly, the root password has not changed, and the box refuses to ack the "old" accounts as valid. What am I missing here? I desperately want to avoid moving 600+ accounts over one at a time... Please reply directly, as I am not subscribed. Thanks! -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... -------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message