Re: Where is the key for the password files stored?
--- Micha Feigin <michf@post.tau.ac.il> wrote:
> Where is the key used to decrypt the passwords (shadow) files stored?
> I want to reinstall an old redhat system with debian, but I wish to
> preserve old users and passwords to ease the transition process.
You'll want to use pwunconv(8) to 'decode' the file and pwconv(8) to
recode it again. Be *very* careful that you don't clash any UIDs.
-- Thomas Adam
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