From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 29 3: 7:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sblake.comcen.com.au (sblake.comcen.com.au [203.23.236.144]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F327515621 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 03:07:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from aunty@sblake.comcen.com.au) Received: (from aunty@localhost) by sblake.comcen.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA47566; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 22:07:52 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from aunty) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 22:07:52 +1100 From: aunty To: keith@mail.telestream.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDI to FreeBSD Message-ID: <19991229220752.B47183@comcen.com.au> References: <19991228063428.A33737@comcen.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <19991228063428.A33737@comcen.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message