Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 10:20:46 -0400 (EDT) From: <up@3.am> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: changing server platforms Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9909291006230.17159-100000@richard2.pil.net>
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I'm getting ready to change our main server (mail, user web, ftd, secondary radius, etc) from Sparc Solaris 2.6 to FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE soon. My main concern is going to be getting > 1100 usernames and passwords moved over. I can see that just moving /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow over isn't going to work. In fact, I can see that FBSD doesn't even have an /etc/shadow, but what I assume contains that data, /etc/pwd.db, which appears to be some sort of hashed file. So far, I can think of a few ways to do this, none of them ideal: 1: gather all the usernames and passwords from a customer database and write a script to add them all in. Problem with this is that database isn't 100% up-to-date with the passwords. 2: run a crack program (any recommendations?) on a copy of the Solaris /etc/shadow file, then trim out the username/passwd pairs for same script. Or <dream> There's a well-known utility to translate Solaris /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files into a working FreeBSD format </dream>. Suggestions appreciated... James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor up@3.am http://3.am ========================================================================= ISPF 3 - The Forum for ISPs by ISPs(tm) || Nov 15-17, 1999, New Orleans 3 days of clues, news, and views from the industry's best and brightest. Visit <http://www.ispf.com/>; for information and registration. ========================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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