[clue-tech] pwunconv

[Mike Staver]

>> How long should the pwunconv command take?  I started it 5 minutes ago 
>> on a dual AMD box running WBEL 3.0.  I'm simply trying to get the 
>> passwords unshadowed so I can move them to a new box, and then shadow 
>> them again.  I'm thinking something is wrong - and if so, how do I 
>> stop this process without borking my /etc/passwd file?
> 
> 
> By the way, if this program is putting the passwords in to /etc/passwd 
> itself instead of /etc/shadow I think it wont' be a problem to stop this 
> midway, and just delete the passwords from /etc/passwd
> 
> Hopefully it doesn't touch /etc/shadow or /etc/passwd at all, but rather 
> creates a new file for you.

Apparently I misunderstood what this program is doing then... I assumed 
it was just unshadowing the file so I could move - not figuring out what 
the passwords are...
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                                 -Mike Staver
                                  staver at fimble.com
                                  mstaver at globaltaxnetwork.com