Migrate passwords from shadow to mysql

[Ken Murchison]

Shelley Waltz wrote:

> I am installing a new postfix-cyrus mail server.
> I currently have cyrus-imap 1.6.24 authing PLAIN
> from /etc/shadow.
> 
> I wish to migrate the passwords(md5) from the shadow file to
> a mysql database and use this to auth PLAIN using TLS.
> Is there a script available to do so - to migrate the users
> from the shadow file and create the records for mysql authentication?
> 
> I did search, but found nothing.

First, I'd strongly suggest that you upgrade to a recent version of 
Cyrus, either 2.1.16 or 2.2.3.  To do this, you'll need a recent version 
of SASL (I'd suggest 2.1.17).  Then, you just configure Cyrus/SASL to 
authentication plaintext from /etc/shadow and have it autotransition 
passwords into the SQL auxprop plugin.

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