From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Sep 29 19: 9: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from magicnet.magicnet.net (magicnet.magicnet.net [204.96.116.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C289E1502F for ; Wed, 29 Sep 1999 19:09:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bill@bilver.magicnet.net) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by magicnet.magicnet.net (8.8.6/8.8.8) with UUCP id WAA11131 for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Wed, 29 Sep 1999 22:07:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from bill@localhost) by bilver.magicnet.net (8.9.2/8.9.1) id VAA05812 for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Wed, 29 Sep 1999 21:39:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 21:39:38 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: changing server platforms Message-ID: <19990929213938.J5345@bilver.magicnet.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre1i In-Reply-To: Organization: Vermillion Consulting Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 01:22:13PM -0400, Troy Settle spewed forth: > James, > > I assume that /etc/shadow and /etc/passwd are identical, with the > exception of the passwords. I also assume that solaris uses DES > encryption for it's passwords. If this is the case, your solution > is simple: > Install DES for FreeBSD, then write a perl script to dismantle > /etc/shadow, and re-write it in the same format you see in > FreeBSD's /etc/master.passwd. Once done, run pwd_mkdb, and yer all > set. Since it was a one-time thing I did a little create cut and paste to move SGI passwords into the FreeBSD environment. Worked better than I had hoped. -- Bill Vermillion bv @ wjv.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message