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From: Ollivier.Robert@eurocontrol.fr (Ollivier Robert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.unixware.misc
Subject: Re: User accounts transfer UW2.03 -> FreeBSD 2.1.5
Date: 9 Aug 1996 13:13:10 GMT
Organization: Eurocontrol EEC, Bretigny, France
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In article <4uemqn$qnh@aglaia.forthnet.gr>,
Angelos Vasdaris <angel@spark.net.gr> wrote:
> Are there any ideas on how to transfer our users's accounts from the
> old to the new machine?

Install the DES distribution for FreeBSD. 
Extract passwords from /etc/shadow and put them in /etc/master.passwd. 
Run pwd_mkdb -p. 

PS: your signature was here twice. Check your configuration.
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Ollivier ROBERT   -=- Eurocontrol EEC/TIS -=-   Ollivier.Robert@eurocontrol.fr
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