Clayton,

Have you tried runing "grep common_user_id /etc/passwd /etc/shadow", or 
comparable command, on both boxes>  It'd show you whether the hashed 
passwords are the same (or not).

David

At 07:23 PM 8/16/02, you wrote:
>Are you sure??  I have a Linux box getting users and passwords via NIS
>off a Solaris server and have no problems using the same password on the
>Linux box and the Sun's as well.
>
>I think I have even just copied the hashed passwords from one system to
>another without problems but am not sure if my memory is serving me
>correctly.
>
>-Clayton
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Albert E. Whale wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone know if you can transport a Solaris Passwd file to a
> > Linux
> > > Server?  If so How?
> >
> > Not directly since the password hashes use different systems. The best
> > thing may be to use awk or some similar script utility to create the
> > new
> > logins. Let me know if you need example scripts.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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