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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!dhawk From: dhawk@netcom.com (David H) Subject: Converting Old Passwd file to New? Message-ID: <dhawkDGx7K5.5Bq@netcom.com> Organization: Decline to State Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 21:26:29 GMT Lines: 12 Sender: dhawk@netcom13.netcom.com I've set up a new FreeBSD machine and need to move a group of people over to it. The passwd file on the old machine (linux) is old-style of <userid>:<enc_passwd>:<userno>:<grp_no:>: [and so forth] How to I convert that to FreeBSD since I don't know anyone's password (except mine)? later, david -- David Hawkins dhawk@netcom.com "Intelligence without character is a dangerous thing." -- G. Steinem