Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 01:45:35 -0500 (EST) From: interrupt request <irq@stepahead.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Switching to FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970330014514.27938A-100000@stepahead.net> In-Reply-To: <5841.859702394@time.cdrom.com>
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What if I don't have DES style passwds? -------------------------------------------------\ The Collective \ /-----\ | | irq | || | \-----/ || //==== | || // | /----\ ||// /===========\ | | | ||/ | interrupt | | | | || | request | | | | || | | | | | || | /\ | | | | || | \ \ | | \----/ || \======\=\==/ | \ \ | http://www.collective.org \/ | "We make the things that make communcations free" | --== interrupt request ==-- | / ================================================/ On Sat, 29 Mar 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > FreeBSD passwords aren't in /etc/passwd, they're in a db. You need to > > Well, to be more accurate - they're shadowed in /etc/passwd but > actually in /etc/master.passwd (from which the db is built). > > If you have DES style passwords on your Linux box, just make sure > that the DES distribution is installed on your FreeBSD box then > copy the entries into /etc/master.passwd using vipw(1). When > you're done adjusting the entries to taste (home directory, GCOS > field changes, etc), vipw will rebuild the databases automatically. > > Jordan >
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