Moving Users Passwords to Debian

[Butch Kemper <kemper@tstar.net>]

I need to move several thousand user entries from a Solaris 2.5.1 system to
a Debian system.  The problem that I have is to move the encrypted passwords.

I have moved passwords between Debian systems by editing the passwd file
and using 'cut & paste".  When I tried "cutting & pasting" between Solaris
and Debian, it didn't work.

Is it possible to move the passwords by doing some form of "bit shifting" -
converting between little "indian" and big "indian"?  If so, can someone
tell me the procedure?

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Butch