On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 10:18:13AM -0400, Scott wrote: > Hi- > > I have just taken over operations at an ISP and I will be converting the > very dated FreeBSD machines > to Red Hat Linux. Can someone point me to a script or utility that will > allow me to convert the passwd > file on FreeBSD to Red Hat? Is there such a thing or must I manually key > in the several thousand > users :(
Aaarrggghhh.... you're going to commit daemon-o-cide.... FreeBSD stores user accounts in /etc/master.passwd. This file is similar to the linux /etc/passwd file, but it contains 10 fields, instead of the usual 7. The extra fields are the 5th, 6th and 7th, which are FreeBSD-specific. You could write an awk one-liner to extract fields 1-4 and 8-10 from this file, and construct a linux-compatible /etc/passwd. And then if you're using shadow on your redhat system, then run the pwconv utility to generate your shadow file. See this link for more information: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=passwd&sektion=5&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+4.6-RELEASE -- Anand Buddhdev http://anand.org _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
