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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!usenet From: Sandhya <sandy@novanet.net.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Linux passwd file : HELP Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 20:22:31 +1000 Organization: Customer of Access One Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia Lines: 11 Message-ID: <324CFC67.6874@novanet.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: gurkha.novanet.net.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b8Gold (Win95; I) Just upgraded from Linux 1.2.13 to FreeBSD 2.1.5, it doesn't take the Linux passwd file even after adding the additional fields (class, change and expire). Apparently this is because of the DES encryption not being available outside US (I am in Australia). Anyone know how to convert the passwd file ? Thanks in anticipation. Sandy