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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: moving from NEXTSTEP to FreeBSD
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 20:10:11 -0700
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Jason T. Nelson wrote:
]
] We'll be in the process of moving our last big NEXTSTEP (Intel)
] machine from NEXTSTEP to FreeBSD (after much prodding). Problem
] is, it contains a sizable password file in it's NetInfo database
] (for those who may not know, it's NeXT's proprietary NIS-like
] distributed database). I can export the NetInfo passwd file
] into it's Un*x flat-file format (standard /etc/passwd)
] containing the DES encrypted passwords. If I install FreeBSD
] on a machine with DES and just copy the exported password file,
] are the chances good that the password file will operate (after
] tweaking some of the lower numbered users, of course)? This is
] the only thing holding me back; I don't feel like re-adding
] hundreds of user entries :)
DES is DES. "nidump" the passwd file, and sed it into the format
<account name>:<DES password>:<UID>:<GID>::0:0:<user name>:<users home
directory>:<users shell>
Then "vipw" and :r the file. Save and exit. It should rebuild
the BSD database (or whine about invalid lines).
Test a couple of accounts to make sure, and you are set.
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.