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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!buffnet2.buffnet.net!buffnet1!root From: root@buffnet.net (Superuser) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Converting Old Passwd file to New? Date: 23 Oct 1995 22:40:39 GMT Organization: BuffNET Lines: 18 Message-ID: <46h5l7$2lb@buffnet2.buffnet.net> References: <dhawkDGx7K5.5Bq@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: buffnet1.buffnet.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] David H (dhawk@netcom.com) wrote: : I've set up a new FreeBSD machine and need to move a group of : people over to it. The passwd file on the old machine (linux) : is old-style of : <userid>:<enc_passwd>:<userno>:<grp_no:>: [and so forth] : How to I convert that to FreeBSD since I don't know anyone's password : (except mine)? You could write a program probably to add the new fields - but you must install the optional DES stuff for the passwords themselves to remain usable as is. : later, david : -- : David Hawkins dhawk@netcom.com : "Intelligence without character is a dangerous thing." -- G. Steinem