[clue-tech] pwunconv

[Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier]

On 6/3/05, Mike Staver <staver at fimble.com> 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.  I'm thinking something is wrong - and if so, how do I stop
> this process without borking my /etc/passwd file?

Make sure there aren't duplicate entries or anything like that. From
the pwunconv man page:

BUGS
       Errors  in  the  password  or group files (such as invalid or duplicate
       entries) may cause these programs to loop  forever  or  fail  in  other
       strange  ways.   Please  run  pwck and grpck to correct any such errors
       before converting to or from shadow passwords or groups.

Best, 

Zonker
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