CentOS - Mar 2009 - Directory server import

Hi list

Does anyone know if there is a simple way to import standard linux users
into the directory server? I have found some but they don't seem to be so
flexible since I have to import from several servers into different ou's

Regards
Per Qvindesland

On Mar 18, 2009, at 7:33 AM, Per Qvindesland wrote:
> Does anyone know if there is a simple way to import standard linux  
> users
> into the directory server? I have found some but they don't seem to  
> be so
> flexible since I have to import from several servers into different  
> ou's

a good toolkit for doing this is here:

http://www.padl.com/OSS/MigrationTools.html

there's a config file which you modify to specify target LDAP server,  
base DN, and various other details for each import.  one good way to  
use them is the following:

1. generate NIS maps (yes, i know, yuck) for the users you're importing.
2. run the PADL tools to generate a big LDIF of all the users.
3. import the generated LDIF.

-steve

-- 
If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an  
improbable fiction. - Fabian, Twelfth Night, III,v




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Hi

Thanks for replying.

I have been looking at this one, I have only 2 problems with it:

1. Generate Nis maps I believe that this should be the command nismap create
-i 1 -g " " -y auto.master  but i am unsure if this is correct for my
exercise since I need to generate for multiple ou, could someone please give
an example?

2. it says on the migration tool that I need to change the $NSHOME and
$serverId to make it compatible to the Netscape but do I have been looking
around I still can not find where these variabels are declared, does anyone
have a clue or some experience with these script?

Kind regards
Per Qvindesland


On 3/18/09 1:35 PM, "Steve Huff" <shuff at vecna.org> wrote:
> 
> On Mar 18, 2009, at 7:33 AM, Per Qvindesland wrote:
> 
>> Does anyone know if there is a simple way to import standard linux
>> users
>> into the directory server? I have found some but they don't seem to
>> be so
>> flexible since I have to import from several servers into different
>> ou's
> 
> 
> a good toolkit for doing this is here:
> 
> http://www.padl.com/OSS/MigrationTools.html
> 
> there's a config file which you modify to specify target LDAP server,
> base DN, and various other details for each import.  one good way to
> use them is the following:
> 
> 1. generate NIS maps (yes, i know, yuck) for the users you're
importing.
> 2. run the PADL tools to generate a big LDIF of all the users.
> 3. import the generated LDIF.
> 
> -steve
> 
> -- 
> If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an
> improbable fiction. - Fabian, Twelfth Night, III,v
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ?
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