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Exporting and Importing Users Whose Password Type Is
Open Directory
When you export user accounts whose password type is set to Open Directory,
passwords are not exported. This protects the security of the Open Directory Password
Server database. Before importing, you can use a spreadsheet application to open the
file of exported users and preset their passwords, which they can change the next time
they log in.
After importing, you have a couple of options for setting the passwords of the
imported user accounts:
• You can set all the imported user accounts to use a temporary password, which each
user can change the next time he or she logs in. For instructions, see “Resetting the
Passwords of Multiple Users” on page 73.
• You can set the password of each imported user account individually on the Basic
pane of Workgroup Manager. For instructions, see “Changing a User’s Password Type”
on page 76.
Exporting and Importing Authentication Manager Users
When you export user accounts that have crypt passwords from a NetInfo domain for
which Authentication Manager is enabled, passwords are not exported. After importing
to a directory domain of Mac OS X Server version 10.3, you have a couple of options for
setting the passwords of the imported user accounts:
• You can set all the imported user accounts to use a temporary password, which each
user can change the next time he or she logs in. For instructions, see “Resetting the
Passwords of Multiple Users” on page 73.
• You can set the password of each imported user account individually on the Basic
pane of Workgroup Manager. For instructions, see “Changing a User’s Password Type”
on page 76.
Authentication Manager is a legacy technology for securely validating passwords.
Authentication Manager only works with user accounts that were created in a NetInfo
domain of Mac OS X Server version 10.0–10.2. Authentication Manager must have been
enabled for the NetInfo domain. For more information, see Appendix C, “Authentication
Manager.”
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