Fedora directory users - Jan 2006 - Importing Linux Users

Hello list,

   Here''s my situation.  I currently use Sendmail as my mail transport,
and
also have imap capabilities.  Recently, we purchased a barracuda Spam 
Firewall to help reduce the amount of spam our customers receive.  We have 5 
domains on our mail server, so basically any user has 5 available e-mail 
addresses (ya, not the best way to do it, but that''s how it was when I
got
here).  With the barracuda, in order for it NOT to create a new spam account 
(or box) for each of the 5 e-mail addresses our customers have, it requires 
our mail server to run LDAP.  Well, OK - if that''s what it needs.

   In my search for building an LDAP server, I came across the Fedora 
Directory Server Project.  Since I''m in the process of upgrading
(replacing)
my servers with Fedora Core 4 (forklift upgrade), I was hoping this might 
just be a perfect fit.

   Now here''s my question.  Before I start in on this task, is there an
"easy" way to import normal linux users into the LDAP database on the
new
server?  Granted, I''ve only spent a few days researching this question,
and
have come up blank everywhere I''ve looked.  The answer is probably out
there
somewhere, so if someone could possibly point me in the right direction, it 
would be greatly appriciated.  I''m hoping to stay away from entering
the
information for each and every customer we have.

Thank You,
Scott Miller

http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Howto:MigrateToLDAP

Also, check out www.padl.com http://www.padl.com/OSS/MigrationTools.html

Scott Miller wrote:
> Hello list,
>
>   Here''s my situation.  I currently use Sendmail as my mail
transport,
> and also have imap capabilities.  Recently, we purchased a barracuda 
> Spam Firewall to help reduce the amount of spam our customers 
> receive.  We have 5 domains on our mail server, so basically any user 
> has 5 available e-mail addresses (ya, not the best way to do it, but 
> that''s how it was when I got here).  With the barracuda, in order
for
> it NOT to create a new spam account (or box) for each of the 5 e-mail 
> addresses our customers have, it requires our mail server to run 
> LDAP.  Well, OK - if that''s what it needs.
>
>   In my search for building an LDAP server, I came across the Fedora 
> Directory Server Project.  Since I''m in the process of upgrading 
> (replacing) my servers with Fedora Core 4 (forklift upgrade), I was 
> hoping this might just be a perfect fit.
>
>   Now here''s my question.  Before I start in on this task, is
there an
> "easy" way to import normal linux users into the LDAP database on
the
> new server?  Granted, I''ve only spent a few days researching this 
> question, and have come up blank everywhere I''ve looked.  The
answer
> is probably out there somewhere, so if someone could possibly point me 
> in the right direction, it would be greatly appriciated.  I''m
hoping
> to stay away from entering the information for each and every customer 
> we have.
>
> Thank You,
> Scott Miller
> -- 
> Fedora-directory-users mailing list
> Fedora-directory-users@redhat.com
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users

On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 13:55 -0700, Scott Miller wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
>    Here''s my situation.  I currently use Sendmail as my mail
transport, and
> also have imap capabilities.  Recently, we purchased a barracuda Spam 
> Firewall to help reduce the amount of spam our customers receive.  We have
5
> domains on our mail server, so basically any user has 5 available e-mail 
> addresses (ya, not the best way to do it, but that''s how it was
when I got
> here).  With the barracuda, in order for it NOT to create a new spam
account
> (or box) for each of the 5 e-mail addresses our customers have, it requires
> our mail server to run LDAP.  Well, OK - if that''s what it needs.
> 
>    In my search for building an LDAP server, I came across the Fedora 
> Directory Server Project.  Since I''m in the process of upgrading
(replacing)
> my servers with Fedora Core 4 (forklift upgrade), I was hoping this might 
> just be a perfect fit.
> 
>    Now here''s my question.  Before I start in on this task, is
there an
> "easy" way to import normal linux users into the LDAP database on
the new
> server?  Granted, I''ve only spent a few days researching this
question, and
> have come up blank everywhere I''ve looked.  The answer is probably
out there
> somewhere, so if someone could possibly point me in the right direction, it
> would be greatly appriciated.  I''m hoping to stay away from
entering the
> information for each and every customer we have.
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Install openldap-servers rpm

locate scripts in /usr/share/openldap/migration

Craig