Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 22:07:52 +1100 From: aunty <aunty@comcen.com.au> To: keith@mail.telestream.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDI to FreeBSD Message-ID: <19991229220752.B47183@comcen.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19991228063428.A33737@comcen.com.au> References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9912270957310.17085-100000@mail.telestream.com> <19991228063428.A33737@comcen.com.au>
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A little correction for the sake of the archives...
On Tue, Dec 28, 1999 at 06:34:29AM +1100, aunty wrote:
[...]
> What I did was this. After installing FreeBSD and
choosing DES, and then installing
> most of the ports I
> wanted (because some ports create users/groups) I copied across the
> BSDI master.passwd with a different name, and added group 100 user to
> the groups file because I knew all the BSDI users had that group.
>
> Then I used vipw with a good editor (defaulting to act on the installed
[...]
In this prior post I left out the bit about installing DES, which is
essential for compatibility with the BSDI passwords! Do that before
ports, e.g. build ssh _after_ installing DES or else it'll just reject
everyone's passwords.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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