Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 09:45:50 -0600 (MDT) From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com> To: Weldon S Godfrey 3 <weldon@excelsus.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux passwd -> FBSD passwd utility Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960628094223.181A-100000@tombstone.sunrem.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960628083253.1303A@ampere.excelsus.com>
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On Fri, 28 Jun 1996, Weldon S Godfrey 3 wrote:
> I would like to setup a FBSD box to replace an Linux system, but there is
> the issue of porting the passwords over. Does anyone have, or know where
> to get, an utility/method to import linux passwords into a FreeBSD box?
>
> Weldon
I dont know about a linux system with shadow passwords, but this will
work elsewhere (assuming they are using the same password encryption
scheme
----cut here----
#!/usr/bin/perl
##
## syntax: frobpwd < linux.passwd > freebsd.passwd
##
## No guarantees about the suitability or functionality of this script,
## I just hacked it up from memory of one I have used before
##
while (<STDIN>) {
chomp;
($name, $pwd, $uid, $gid, $gcos, $home, $shell) = split(/:/);
print "$name:$pwd:$uid:$gid::0:0:$gcos:$home:$shell\n";
}
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