Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 09:45:50 -0600 (MDT) From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com> To: Weldon S Godfrey 3 <weldon@excelsus.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux passwd -> FBSD passwd utility Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960628094223.181A-100000@tombstone.sunrem.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960628083253.1303A@ampere.excelsus.com>
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On Fri, 28 Jun 1996, Weldon S Godfrey 3 wrote: > I would like to setup a FBSD box to replace an Linux system, but there is > the issue of porting the passwords over. Does anyone have, or know where > to get, an utility/method to import linux passwords into a FreeBSD box? > > Weldon I dont know about a linux system with shadow passwords, but this will work elsewhere (assuming they are using the same password encryption scheme ----cut here---- #!/usr/bin/perl ## ## syntax: frobpwd < linux.passwd > freebsd.passwd ## ## No guarantees about the suitability or functionality of this script, ## I just hacked it up from memory of one I have used before ## while (<STDIN>) { chomp; ($name, $pwd, $uid, $gid, $gcos, $home, $shell) = split(/:/); print "$name:$pwd:$uid:$gid::0:0:$gcos:$home:$shell\n"; }
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