system password's file --failed

[iwan at staff.usd.ac.id]

Hi all,
I failed this steps. FreeBSD cannot recognized my username.
I will try it again. Have anybody another solution ??
Thanks before.
regards.

> 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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>>