converting users from FreeBSD to linux (PAM)

[Micheas Herman]

On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 01:04, Micheas Herman wrote:
> I have a need of transfering about twenty user accounts from FreeBSD to
> Linux(Debian)  
> 
> Is there any way of keeping the PAM passwords in tact? (A tool that
> allows for migration in either direction would be ideal)

Well I souldn't have given up on Google so soon.
        
         cut -d: -f1-4,8- /etc/master.passwd > linux.passwd
        
         copy or append linux.passwd to /etc/passwd on the linux box
        
         Then run "pwconv" on the linux machine.
        
merging /etc/shadow and /etc/passwd on a Linux computer will give you
/etc/master.passwd for FreeBSD.

I wish all my operating systems played together as nice as Debian and
FreeBSD.


Micheas

> 
> My current solution is tell everyone that their password has expired and
> they need to type in a new one.
> 
> 
> Micheas
> 
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