system password's file

[iwan at staff.usd.ac.id]

Thanks for you all,
I will do this step.

regards.

> Hi,
>
> I would suggest you to try the below and make sure this
> works
>
> 1 ) Install a new freebsd server
> 2 ) create a user on your linux machine say with username
> freebsd and some
> password
> 3 ) now copy the data in your /etc/passwd file of linux
> machine to freebsd
> machine
> 4 ) Also copy the /etc/shadow file to freebsd server and
> renmae it as
> /etc/master.passwd
> 5 ) Also copy /etc/groups
> 6 ) Now try to login to freebsd machine with the new user
> created on the
> linux machine.
>
> Note : Please create a copy of the original file on
> freebsd machine before
> you change the real file
>
> If the test is successful. I suppose you can migrate from
> linux to freebsd
> with all the users and their passwords.
>
> Also while coping the file make sure that the default
> enteries are there.
> That just transfer the user details and not the system
> user details
>
>
> On 10/14/05, Jiawei Ye <leafy7382 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 10/14/05, Simon Roberts <thorpflyer at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > Try /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow
>> > User id and basic stuff in passwd, the encrypted
>> passwords in shadow. I
>> > don't know if the encryption algorithms are compatible
>> between linux
>> > and bsd or not.
>> >
>> > hth
>> > Simon
>> Make sure you don't have >16 chars username before
>> migrating. FreeBSD
>> doesn't support really long usernames.
>>
>> Jiawei
>> --
>> "Without the userland, the kernel is useless."
>> --inspired by The Tao of Programming
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>


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Iwan Binanto
Divisi Support-BAPSI
Universitas Sanata Dharma Yogyakarta