Re: [LI] password file from sco to linux : a solution

["Vishal Khanna" <vishal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Sunil,
what you are trying to emulate needs more than copying files around the
system, I am providng you with an alternate I use in the case as described
by you

try using a shell script which is as below : <<PLEASE USE AT OWN RISK
:-)) )>> remember we use a md5 based password script !!!. the passwords are
kept in a file [ pw ], yes we store them in a file :-)

And above all the same passwords JUST CANNOT work  by copying the
/etc/passwd file ( read the man page for passwd(1), and the Unix encryption
technique.

#!/bin/sh
#####################################################################
#
# $Id: adduser.sh,v 1.7 1999/03/09 12:30:36 vkh Exp $
#
# creat all user accounts for the mail system of  AIT.
# Remember to have the pw file and the corrrect entries in the /etc/aliases
in this file
# (c): vkhanna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, 1998-99
#
# Last modifed: See CVS for history of changes (vk)
#####################################################################
while read line; do

        fullname=`echo $line | cut -f1 -d:`
        mailname=`echo $line | cut -f2 -d: | sed "s/ //"`

        password=`echo ${mailname} | /sbin/md5 | tail -9c`

        printf "%-10s %-30s %s\n" "${mailname}" "${fullname}" "${password}"
        printf "\n\n"

        adduser -home /var/mail/Homes -dotdir no -uid 5000      \
        -group post -message no                         \
        -batch ${mailname} "" "" "${fullname}" "${password}"

done <<EOF-EOF-EOF >> pw
Vishal Khanna:                  vkhanna
Neelu Gora:                     ng
EOF-EOF-EOF

exit 0

the entries between the <<EOF-EOF-EOF>> are the entries on your /etc/aliases
file basically, I use this to recounstruct when a failure of the system
occurs or when migrating the mail system for interim purposes.

Use appropriately !!!

Vishal K

>Hi,
>
>I am trying to shift my e-mail server from SCO-UNIX to LINUX. I've tried
>copying the /etc/passwd file from SCO system to linux. I've observed that
>the format is similar to that of LINUX. But even after copying that file, I
>am unable to login using the old user ids and passwords which were there on
>SCO. Can any one suggest me a way out, without re creating all the ids
>again.
>
>Thanks in Advance
>
>Sunil Sarat


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