[BlueOnyx:07666] Re: Question about importing accounts

[Matthew Komar]

I thought cadduser wanted a plaintext password. Is that not the case?

On 7/11/2011 1:45 PM, Ken - Precision Web Hosting, Inc wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Frank DeChellis
>
> Hi there,
>
> I am new to the list but have been using Blue Onyx for close to a year.  The
> person working with us has been using it for a number of years.
>
> I have a server running NetBSD with a few thousand email accounts.  I want
> to migrate these users to a blue onyx box.  Reading the CMU page I can't
> tell if it is for Blue Onyx to Blue Onyx migrations or if it's possible to
> read in the passwd file from a BSD server and create accounts in Blue Onyx.
>
> Before writing I tried to search out the question but I only found a few
> similar questions that generating no discussion.
>
> Any info that anybody may have is greatly appreciated.
>
> Frank
>
> Frank DeChellis
> President, Internet Access Worldwide
> Welland, Ontario, Canada
> www.iaw.com
> <<
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>
> Frank
>
> If the NetBSD uses shadow files, then you could write a script uses the
> shell tools to  create the email accounts; then have it modify the shadow
> value to what was on the old server.
> Something like
> /usr/sbin/cadduser --name=$adminuser --password='$password'  --fqdn=$hostname.$domainname
>   --admin --adminPassword='$serveradminpassword'
>
> cat /etc/shadow | grep the-username
> #the-username:$1$uqRVSP68$wQpEZAOzusYGwi7rbxYyL0:15161:0:99999:7:::
> split it out
> paste in the  value from the old server and save the file.
>
> You could test it manually, then create the perl script if that works.
>
>
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> Ken M
> Precision Web Hosting, Inc.
> http://www.precisionweb.net
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