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.

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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


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