From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 9 00:08:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA07008 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 00:08:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA06867 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 00:07:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA04012; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 00:07:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 00:07:15 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Al Johnson cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: passwd compatibility In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Al Johnson wrote: > Does anyone know if the freebsd passwd and shadow files are compatible > with Solaris? I need to sync a couple of machines for fallback service > and I'm getting tired of my Sun boxes reliability, or lack thereof. Ugh, I don't know. You definitely need DES on both systems and hopefully that will pick up the passwords. > Is this a good place for NIS+ ??? Just Straight NIS. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message