On Thursday 01 March 2001 17:37, Joe Njeru wrote: > Hi All, > > Is there a way I can export the users in my Linux machine to a mysql > database. Together with their passwords without manually entering all of > them. the passwords are usually encrypted and stored in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow you'll have to make a script that takes values from here and stores them in the DB. these passwords cannot usually be decrypted, so for verification/validation you will have to use the same encryption algorithm on the password that the users have sent and compare this with the encrypted key. > I will appreciate any input. > Thanks in advance, > > Joe Njeru > Nairobi, Kenya. > "Where the sun shines all day!!" -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
