If you're using the "traditional" Unix password hash,
the hashed password should be compatible.  You could
(carefully!) use Perl to put the hashed password in
the proper field in Linux' /etc/shadow.

If you're using MD5 passwords in Linux' /etc/shadow,
then you'll need to run "crack" on your old hashed
passwords to convert them to cleartext, and...


D

* On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 11:36:36PM +0700, Bill Warner wrote:
> unfortantly this wont keep the passwords
> 
> but it does seem to work by copying the passwd and shadow
> files over from sco to linux.  i tried copying individual
> lines at first and it didn't work.  Once i decided to try
> copying the entire thing it seems to work.  Strange, ohh
> well.  problem solved
> 
> Bill Warner
> 
> > Copy the /etc/passwd from the SCO box over to the Linux box in /tmp and do
> > something like this:
> > 
> > 
> > for i in `cat /tmp/passwd|cut -d":" -f1`;do useradd $i;done
> > 
> > 
> > man useradd for more options (such as home dir's, etc)..
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Mike Cantrell
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bill Warner" <wwarner@direct-alliance.com>
> > To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 2:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: passwd files
> > 
> > 
> > > I have tried this but it doesnt seem to work.  I can't
> > > really even find any good docs on this I have skimmed through
> > > several howtos that I thought might give a clue.  I am still
> > > doing some testing and rtfming I just really dont want to have
> > > to change passwords for over 300 users by hand.
> > >
> > > Bill Warner
> > >
> > > > I'm gonna say just copy the files :-) we've taken entrioes from linux to
> > > > solaris to BSD to....and have had no issues, so I'd imagine you wouldn't
> > > > :-)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > _______________
> > > > Jonathan Furrer
> > > > jonny@jofu.com
> > > > http://www.jofu.com/
> > > >
> > > > On 10 Aug 2000, Bill Warner wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I am currently converting a SCO system over to Linux and
> > > > > am wondering if there is a way to keep the password and
> > > > > shadow files without having to recreate over 300 users.
> > > > >
> > > > > Does anyone know of the least painfull way of doing this?
> > > > >
> > > > > Bill Warner
> > > > >
> > > > >
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