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List:       aix-l
Subject:    Re: [Q] how to migrate user account from AIX for LINUX?
From:       John Jolet <john.jolet () FXFN ! COM>
Date:       2004-05-17 19:21:58
Message-ID: 40A910D6.7020407 () fxfn ! com
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if you were on 5.1, you could use ldap...how about this...set the aix
box up as an nis master, the redhat as an nis slave, then do a
yptransfer to the slave server.  You can then make the redhat box an nis
server for itself...

Mills, John T (9814) wrote:

>I think the challenge would be the shadow file.  RedHat can be
>configured to use the same general scheme as the AIX default,
>but I don't think you can shuffle the encrypted passwords from
>AIX to Linux.  The /etc/passwd format itself should be identical.
>
>John T. Mills
>
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>We have AIX 4.3.3 on RS/6000.  We plan to setup another application server
>on DELL/Redhat AS 2.1 server.  Does anyone know how to migrate user account
>(ID/Password) from AIX to LINUX?
>
>Thanks.
>
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