Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 01:52:13 -0800 From: Micheas Herman <micheas@freep.org> To: "." <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: converting users from FreeBSD to linux (PAM) Message-ID: <1078048333.21276.18.camel@tux> In-Reply-To: <1078045486.21276.9.camel@tux> References: <1078045486.21276.9.camel@tux>
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On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 01:04, Micheas Herman wrote:
> I have a need of transfering about twenty user accounts from FreeBSD to
> Linux(Debian)
>
> Is there any way of keeping the PAM passwords in tact? (A tool that
> allows for migration in either direction would be ideal)
Well I souldn't have given up on Google so soon.
cut -d: -f1-4,8- /etc/master.passwd > linux.passwd
copy or append linux.passwd to /etc/passwd on the linux box
Then run "pwconv" on the linux machine.
merging /etc/shadow and /etc/passwd on a Linux computer will give you
/etc/master.passwd for FreeBSD.
I wish all my operating systems played together as nice as Debian and
FreeBSD.
Micheas
>
> My current solution is tell everyone that their password has expired and
> they need to type in a new one.
>
>
> Micheas
>
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