Date: 23 Jun 2002 15:26:18 -0500 From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> To: measl@mfn.org Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.6 vs root passwd Message-ID: <1024863978.69414.21.camel@lerlaptop> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0206231521080.21527-100000@greeves.mfn.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0206231521080.21527-100000@greeves.mfn.org>
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On Sun, 2002-06-23 at 15:24, measl@mfn.org wrote:
>
> 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?
PWD_MKDB(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual
PWD_MKDB(8)
NAME
pwd_mkdb - generate the password databases
SYNOPSIS
pwd_mkdb [-C] [-N] [-p] [-d directory] [-s cachesize] [-u username]
file
>
> 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...
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