Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 16:01:05 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> To: Scott Pilz <tech@squid.tznet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SUN TO BSD Message-ID: <3AA3FE91.A4686471@iowna.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10103051451510.94005-100000@squid.tznet.com>
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Scott Pilz wrote: > > Does anyone know of a program, utility, or someone that knows code well > enough, to convert the SUNOS (5.7) password files to FreeBSD 4.0 password > files? > > Can this, has this, would this ever, be able to be done? > > We have a Sun box that has 10k users, it sucks. > > We want to switch from Sun and go to BSD all the way. > > Is this even possible? I don't want to type in 10,000 user's names and > passwords by hand. Can't blame you. Have you considered setting the Sun up as and NIS server and a BSD box up as an NIS client so the BSD box will import the user list via NIS? I warn you that I haven't tried this and don't know if it would work, or what the exact procedure would be. It's just and idea. -Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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