> As Jim Worthington said: > > > > I do know that when I tried to copy my /etc/passwd file from a Sun > > system to Debian 1.1, the passwords would not decrypt correctly on > > login.
Just another data point.... I just copied my passwords from my SVR4 Dell Unix system to Linux, and they worked fine. I didn't just copy the /etc/passwd file because I wanted to preserve some of the default logins that Debian gives, and I also had to snarf the passwords out of /etc/shadow. In the past, I have also copied passwords from HP-UX, Sun OS, and SGI machines to my Dell machine, so I would say that all of these systems must use the same format. -wayne
