Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 14:49:34 -0500 (EST) From: interrupt request <irq@stepahead.net> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, michaelh@cet.co.jp, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Switching to FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970330144914.8730A-100000@stepahead.net> In-Reply-To: <199703301925.MAA08284@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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Where can I access these archives? ----------------------------------------- On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Terry Lambert 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. > > Even more accurately, there is a shell script to do this conversion, > including fixing the field differences. The shell script is in the > -questions and -hackers list archives. > > > Regards, > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. >
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