Scott <pope at ossuary.net> writes: > On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Timothy Wilson wrote: > > > You simply cut-and-pasted the passwd, group, and shadow entries into the new > > file? You're talking about a simple cut-and-paste between xterms? That's > > certainly simple enough. > > Yeah, that's pretty much all I did. I had the old files backed > up on a floppy, then just did a cut & paste between consoles. Only > one person ended up with a password problem but that was due to me > missing one character in their shadow field. Of course this only works if both systems use the same password encryption scheme and the same file format. ie, don't try this between BSD and Linux. -- Jon Schewe | http://eggplant.mtu.net/~jpschewe For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org