From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 23 13:26:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from lerlaptop.lerctr.org (lerlaptop.lerctr.org [207.158.72.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE39F37B404 for ; Sun, 23 Jun 2002 13:26:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lerlaptop.lerctr.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g5NKQIjh072246; Sun, 23 Jun 2002 15:26:18 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Subject: Re: 4.6 vs root passwd From: Larry Rosenman To: measl@mfn.org Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.7 Date: 23 Jun 2002 15:26:18 -0500 Message-Id: <1024863978.69414.21.camel@lerlaptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) 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 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... > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message