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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Migrating Master.passwd files?
Date: 18 Jul 1995 11:46:13 +0200
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Brad J. Jasperson <impaler@vampyre.acc.uri.edu> wrote:
>Is there a way to migrate a FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 master.passwd file to a
>2.0.5-950622-SNAP release password file?
The master.passwd format hasn't changed. So as long as you're using
the same encryption method (you're in US, so i think you've been using
DES) they should be re-usable.
You will have to run pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd to rebuild the
databases.
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cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)