Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 18:53:57 +0200 (MET DST) From: Michael Beckmann <petzi@zit.th-darmstadt.de> To: hackers@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.94.960829185020.18207A-100000@zit1.zit.th-darmstadt.de>
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Hello, I have an old Linux system (an old Slackware probably), with Kernel 1.3.32 . The system was installed about two years ago, and has become somewhat unstable recently, so I would like to upgrade it to FreeBSD 2.1.5 or -current. My only concern is that I cannot keep the /etc/passwd file. The system has a couple dozen users, and I don't want to notify them of the 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. Thanks for your help, Michael
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