From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 27 8:54:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mobil.surnet.ru (mobil.surnet.ru [195.54.2.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 449C214E0B for ; Thu, 27 May 1999 08:54:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ilia@cgilh.chel.su) Received: (from uucgilh@localhost) by mobil.surnet.ru (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with UUCP id VAA27603; Thu, 27 May 1999 21:53:31 +0600 (UDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cgilh.chel.su (8.8.7/8.8.7) with UUCP id VAA01087; Thu, 27 May 1999 21:31:18 +0600 Received: from localhost (ilia@localhost) by jane.cgu.chel.su (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id VAA00285; Thu, 27 May 1999 21:30:58 +0600 (ESS) (envelope-from ilia@cgilh.chel.su) X-Authentication-Warning: jane.cgu.chel.su: ilia owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 21:30:58 +0600 (ESS) From: Ilia Chipitsine X-Sender: ilia@jane.cgu.chel.su To: Yusuf Goolamabbas Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is it possible to bring a Linux passwd file over to FreeBSD ? In-Reply-To: <19990527222517.A9053@outblaze.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG if you are legal US resident you can install DES from ftp.freebsd.org or from CDROM, (just run /stand/sysinstall) if you are outside USA, you still can install DES manually from the South Africa however, there's no way to convert DES passwords <--> MD5 passwords, except "crack" :-) Regards, (Наилучшие пожелания) Ilia Chipitsine (Илья Шипицин) On Thu, 27 May 1999, Yusuf Goolamabbas wrote: > Hi, I am planning to upgrade a Linux based server which I maintain to > FreeBSD. My majore concern is that I would like to bring the passwd file > over. IIRC, FreeBSD uses a MD5 mechanims whilst Linux and other Unix's > use a DES based scheme > > IS there a filter I need to run or will FreeBSD recognise DES based > passwords and do the right thing ? > > Just to confirm, I assume FreeBSD supports the Adaptec 2940U2W and the > Dlink 10/100 card (uses the Tulip chipset) > > > Thanks, Yusuf > -- > Yusuf Goolamabbas > yusufg@outblaze.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message