Supervising the Network

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Managing the NetWare Directory Services Tree
Importing User Information into the NDS Database
Department Multivalue property. In the data file, enter the department name, code,
number, or other type of information.
Description This field is a string; all data from the opening to the closing quotation
mark is considered part of the field.
Single-value property. In the data file, enter any type of information about
the user that you want to import. The field must be enclosed in quotation
marks (or the delimiter defined in the control file) if it contains commas or
new-line characters.
Fax number Multiple-value property. In the data file, enter the fax number for each user
you want to import.
Foreign Email address Single-value property. In the data file, enter the foreign E-mail address of
the user, which specifies a mailbox that resides in a foreign E-mail system.
This information is used by NetWare MHS Services.
The format for this value is Type:Value, where Type is the type of
messaging protocol and Value is the user’s address (in the format required
by the foreign E-mail system).
For example, in your data file you could enter a field such as
SMTP:[e-mail].
Foreign Email alias For example, an MHS user (a user whose mailbox is located on an MHS
Messaging Server) can have an X.400 alias—with an X.400 native name—
so that X.400 users can use this alias to send mail to the MHS user.
Multiple-value property. In the data file, enter the foreign E-mail aliases of
the user, which specify an object’s aliases as known in a foreign messaging
system. This information is used by NetWare MHS Services™.
The format for this value is Type:Value, where Type is the type of
messaging protocol and Value is the user’s name (in the format required by
the foreign
E-mail system).
For example, in your data file you could enter a field such as
X400:g=joe;s=jones;ou=sales;o=acme;p=acmemd;a=att;c=us
Table 4-2 UIMPORT Field Definitions
Property Property description