Supervising the Network

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Managing the NetWare Directory Services Tree
Importing User Information into the NDS Database
Figure 4-7 Import Process
Preparing to Import User Information into the NDS Database
This section gives some background information you should be familiar
with before performing the import.
Generating the Data File
You generate a data file from within your database application, or any other
application, by saving the data as a delimited ASCII text file. Most
applications use commas as the default field separator and quotation marks
as the default delimiter.
The following figure shows a sample database table created using
Borland*’s Paradox* for Windows, and the data file generated from it.
Login name:
Jsmith
Last name:
Smith
First name:
John
Group:
Testing
Title:
Tester
Telephone
555-5678
"Jsmith","Smith","John",
"Testing","Tester","555-5678"
Fields
name
last name
given name
group membership
title
telephone
NetWare Directory Services
Jsmith
generate
create
User object with properties
Jsmith
Smith
John
Testing
Tester
555-5678
name
last name
given name
group membership
title
telephone
UIMPORT
Database Data file
Import control file