Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 14:07:42 +0200 From: Axel Scheepers <axel@axel.truedestiny.net> To: Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to transfer passwd data from NIS-Server to local Message-ID: <20020606140742.D67863@mars.thuis> In-Reply-To: <3CFF446D.9040905@ant.uni-bremen.de>; from rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de on Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 01:15:57PM %2B0200 References: <3CFF446D.9040905@ant.uni-bremen.de>
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On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 01:15:57PM +0200, Heinrich Rebehn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have a FreeBSD server running 4.5-RELEASE, that acts as a NIS client for
> login. NIS server is a Sparc/Solaris machine that runs NIS+ in NIS compatible mode.
> I want to get rid of the Sparc and since there are no more NIS clients, i want
> to use local passwd for login. How can i transfer the passwd data (including
> crypted passwords) from the NIS server to the local passwd database?
> I am able to extract the data from NIS, but how do i write it to local?
> I really do not want to require all our users to set their passwords again.
>
Hi Heinrich,
It's been a while, but doesn't ypcat master.password on a authoritive host
do the trick?
Gr,
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Axel Scheepers
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