On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, dpk wrote: > With my many recent problems with my machine, I have decided to upgrade to > 1.3. I think the developers have done a nice job with the instalation > disks, because I noticed a few added features that might help out new > users to debian/linux. Anyway, I decided to go with shadow passwd this > time around, I know it's bad that I haven't gotten to it before, but > basically it was a toy for awhile... now I'm getting some usage/users on > it. This brings me to my question. Is there away to take my backup I > made of the /etc/passwd and convert it to the shadow passwd? I know for > Solaris that you can cut/paste users into /etc/passwd, then run a command > to move the encrypted passwords into the shadow file. > > I'm sorry to ask such a basic question, but I'm currently doing an ftp > install, so I don't have manpages/info on it, and I know the users want to > get back on as soon as possible. I hope you can forgive me this once, > heh. > First, turn shadow passwords off with: shadowconfig off Then, install your new password file (the one without shadow passwords) and run 'shadowconfig on' which will convert them to shadow.
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