[clue-tech] pwunconv

[David Anselmi]

Mike Staver wrote:
> 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.

Zonker has the most likely answer, I think.

But you can move both files to the new box and not bother with pwunconv. 
  And you can always move/edit entries by hand.  Other than the hash, 
there's no magic in either.

pwck sounds like a good idea in any case.

Dave