[freeside] Importing Legacy master.passwd data with svc_acct.import

[ivan]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 06:27:10PM +1000, Tim McCullagh wrote:
> Hi Ivan,
> 
> I didn't have any luck with importing the encrypted passwords

You might need to modify svc_acct.pm if you're using something beyond the
standard UNIX crypt() encryption.  Patches welcome.

> 
> Instead of
> 
> xxxxxx:$1LBPlP4ou0b$1g1VBgsmWvT.0DVTs.:xxxxxx:105::0:0:somebody x
> :/usr/x/xxxxxx:/bin/sh
> 
> I get
> 
> | xxxxxxx| 1x13x | NULL  | 0.0.0.0 | 2WmXc8PL  |  105 | /bin/sh | NULL   |
> 3514 | /usr/x/xxxxxx   |   NULL |
> 
> The passwd.import file is correct, which would suggest that it is being read
> correctly from the original master.passwd.  Seems it is a problem between
> the password.import and the db it is being inserted to.
> 
> When I add users through the web interface it inserts the passwords in clear
> text if that helps.
> 
> My password field is 40 characters  and I have run the bin/dbdef-create
> again
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> What other info can I give you?
> 
> 
> I have left the original message attached and have added the lines I changed
> to address the directory structure question I asked previously just for the
> mailing list.   I find them helpful and I guess others would to.  Are you
> interested in some expanded documentation?   What format ?  html perhaps
> 
> TIA again
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
> >
> > 2.  When I import passwords from my master.passwd the svc_acct.import
> only
> > inserts 8 characters into the password field.
> 
> You can specify the maximum username length when you run fs-setup.  To
> change it afterwords, change the length of the SQL column and run
> bin/dbdef-create.  Also check the usernamemin and usernamemax
> configuration files, documented in htdocs/docs/config.html
> 
> >  My master.passwd has
> > encrypted paswords with $ signs in them.   When I write scripts to make
> any
> > changes I normally have to use '  ' around my '${passwd}' to copy them
> > correctly.    Do you think I need to change the svc_acct.import to reflect
> > this as well ?
> 
> No, Perl's interpolation semantics are different from shell.  Actually
> you shouldn't be doing anything sensitive like that with shell, because
> the quoting conventions are so insecure.
> 
> >
> > 3.  I have set up my customers home directorys under the following path
> > structure.   /home/usr/{initial}/{username}.
> > This structure is in my master.passwd.  how would you suggests I change
> the
> > import script to catter for this? or can you suggest how this might be
> done
> 
> I don't think the import script needs to be modified, but you will need to
> modify svc_acct.pm so that new home directories are assigned correctly.
> 
> Thanks here as well
> 
> I uncommented the line suggested in the svc_acct.pm
> 
>       $dir_prefix . '/' . substr($recref->{username},0,1). '/' .
> $recref->{username} ;
> 
> and commented
>     #$dir_prefix . '/' . $recref->{username}
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Freeside itself works like a charm.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >
> 
> --
> meow
> _ivan
> 
> 

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meow
_ivan