From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 31 02:38:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA01853 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 02:38:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhub.aros.net (mailhub.aros.net [205.164.111.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA01848 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 02:38:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from terra.aros.net (terra.aros.net [205.164.111.10]) by mailhub.aros.net (8.7.5/Unknown) with ESMTP id DAA12555; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 03:38:43 -0600 (MDT) Received: (from angio@localhost) by terra.aros.net (8.7.5/8.6.12) id DAA06546; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 03:38:41 -0600 From: Dave Andersen Message-Id: <199608310938.DAA06546@terra.aros.net> Subject: Re: your mail To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 03:38:41 -0600 (MDT) Cc: petzi@zit.th-darmstadt.de, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Doug White" at Aug 30, 96 10:01:13 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25 PGP2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Lo and behold, Doug White once said: > > password change. So does anybody know if I can import the Linux password > > file to FreeBSD ? I don't know which encryption it has, and whether that > > can be used by FreeBSD. > > I'd really prefer FreeBSD over linux for the upgrade, but if the password > > file cannot be used, it will remain a Linux machine. > > Yes, your Linux passwd file can be converted. You'll have to search the > -questions archives on http://www.freebsd.org under "search" for the Perl > script and/or location, since I don't have them offhand. Quite easily. I posted a script which converted the passwd file some months ago; if you're interested, mail me privately and I'll send it to you. Linux uses DES encryption for the passwd file. FreeBSD can do so if you install the DES package when you configure your system - quite easy to do. We run a mixed Linux/FreeBSD environment here with no problems whatsoever (well, except for the bleeding Linux box crashing. :). -Dave Andersen -- angio@aros.net Complete virtual hosting and business-oriented system administration Internet services. (WWW, FTP, email) http://www.aros.net/ http://www.aros.net/about/virtual "There are only two industries that refer to their customers as 'users'."