Certainly the password hash is different in v6 (longer hashes, presumably more secure), the question is, can version 6 work with a version 5 shadow file? I don't see /etc/passwd as a problem moving between the two versions.
Curt On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone have a link to a howto on taking a /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow > and the group equivalents from a CentOS 5 to a CentOS 6 system. Working on > a customer hardware, op sys upgrade cycle. There aren't sooo many user > logins as to be impossible but it would be nice to copy them over and > adjust as necessary. > > My google foo is weak again today. > > Howard > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <nlug-talk%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/nlug-talk?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en> > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to > nlug-talk+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<nlug-talk%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> > . > > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
