system password's file --failed

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 07:17:54 -0500, <iwan at staff.usd.ac.id> wrote:

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

Did you read link that I have given?

Cheers,
Mezz

> 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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