Like I said, this is for interoperability - I've got to have a standard, old-style BSD passwd file so that Microsoft Services for UNIX can work.
Their NFS client sucks (SO SLOW!), but it's usable enough for just transferring a few files on and off an NFS share. -DMZ On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 14:25 -0400, Rob wrote: > On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 09:20:46AM -0400, David Zakar wrote: > > Folks, > > > > Does anyone know how to generate a standard UNIX passwd file (ie, one > > passwd file with encrypted password hashes) when using a system with > > shadow passwd (ie, has /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow)? > > > > I understand the security implications of this, but I unfortunately need > > to do it anyways for interoperability purposes. > > ?? > You want the crypts in /etc/passwd as well as /etc/shadow? Even though > they will be ignored when they are in /etc/passwd? > > The command you want is `pwunconv` (take a /etc/shadow and /etc/passwd and > then gen > the old bsd style passwd file with the crypts). > > > - Rob > . > -- David Zakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Associate Software Engineer Emergent Space Technologies, Inc. http://www.emergentspace.com
