passwd file transfer

[Chris Rees]

2009/4/16 gahn <ipfreak at yahoo.com>:
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> Hi all:
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> we have a linux based system and it will be replaced with freebsd based system. but i would like to reuse users' password. is there any better way to do this?
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You *could* use some fancy awk | sed stuff to get passwords from your
existing file and stick them in your /etc/master.passwd

BUT it'd probably be far easier to just get users to recreate
passwords. You should tell them to do this regularly anyway...

Chris



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