Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 12:04:36 -0500 (CDT) From: FreeBSD ISP Mailinglist <isp@andraste.sunflower.com> To: Lee Reese <lee@gwinnett.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Web Server Linux to FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9809111203050.4132-100000@andraste.sunflower.com> In-Reply-To: <35DB258C.41C67EA6@gwinnett.com>
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On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Lee Reese wrote: > Hi. I'm in the process of converting our web server from Slackware > Linux to FreeBSD (Apache). We need a down and dirty way to transfer the > /etc/passwd file to a format the FreeBSD understands. Please resopnd > via e-mail. Thanks. > > Lee > I would format the password file to fit FreeBSD standards ( make sure to have the passwd file not be shadowed ). We had to do this from IRIX to FreeBSD so what we did was format the file using perl and put in all the used :: entries. Then run "vipw" on your FreeBSD machine. Do a Ctrl-R to read in a file and read in that file. Save and you've added all those users... ------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Wiles E-mail: ides@sunflower.com Asst. System Administrator Sunflower -- Datavision ------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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