--- John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > in a few weeks I need to convert a couple of hundred userids > from a Sun Solaris 5.8 box to Linux-Debian. > > Does anybody know of a way to do this without the users > losing their passwords?
I assume you'll be using shadow passwords? As mentioned in another thread, use 'pwconv'. -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]