I want to copy a few user accounts to a new system... is there a more elegant way to copy /etc/shadow passwords other than editing the file? for instance, is there some way I can give the password hash to /usr/bin/passwd ?
I've used "usermod -p <encrypted password> <username>" successfully many times.
Just be careful with escaping of the '$' field separators that appear in the encrypted password string from /etc/shadow.
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 4:28 PM, John R Pierce pierce@hogranch.com wrote:
I want to copy a few user accounts to a new system... is there a more elegant way to copy /etc/shadow passwords other than editing the file? for instance, is there some way I can give the password hash to /usr/bin/passwd ?
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On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 5:38 PM, Matt Garman matthew.garman@gmail.com wrote:
I've used "usermod -p <encrypted password> <username>" successfully many times.
Just be careful with escaping of the '$' field separators that appear in the encrypted password string from /etc/shadow.
+1
A while back I wrote a script to migrate accounts and data for a home system. Matt G. hit the major gotchas with escaping dollar signs.
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 4:28 PM, John R Pierce pierce@hogranch.com wrote:
I want to copy a few user accounts to a new system... is there a more elegant way to copy /etc/shadow passwords other than editing the file? for instance, is there some way I can give the password hash to /usr/bin/passwd ?
-- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast
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