Re: accounts

[Tighe Schlottog <emry@icephyre.net>]

man crypt.  that is the function that is used.

> where to i look to see what encryption algo is being used for the shadow?
>
> > On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 08:54:31AM -0500, Casey Boone wrote:
> > > can i copy out the lines from each of those files pertaining to the
> users i
> > > want to migrate over?
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > > now this should work on migrating accounts from one machine to another
> as
> > > long as both distros use shadow passwords?
> >
> > If it is Linux on both sides with the appropriate support for shadow
> > passwords, MD5 passwords, etc., everything should work fine.
> >
> > You'll need to copy the appropriate entries from /etc/passwd,
> > /etc/group, /etc/shadow, and /etc/gshadow.  Just make sure that none
> > of the user or group names or ids conflict.
> >
> > Steve
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