LDAP-UX Client Services B.04.00 Administrator's Guide

Installing And Configuring LDAP-UX Client Services
Import Name Service Data into Your Directory
Chapter 226
• If you are using NIS, the migration scripts take your NIS maps and
generate LDIF files. These scripts can then import the LDIF files
into your directory, creating new entries in the directory. This only
works if you are starting with an empty directory or creating an
entirely new subtree in your directory for your data.
If you are not using NIS, the migration scripts can take your user,
group, and other data from files, generate LDIF, and import the
LDIF into your directory.
• If you integrate the name service data into your directory, the
migration scripts may be helpful depending on where you put the
data in your directory. You could use them just to generate LDIF, edit
the LDIF, then import the LDIF into your directory. For example, you
could manually add the posixAccount object class to your existing
entries under ou=People and add their HP-UX information there.
Steps to Importing Name Service Data into Your
Directory
Here are the steps for importing your user and group data into your
LDAP directory. Modify them as needed.
Step 1. Decide which migration method and scripts you will use.
Migration scripts are provided to ease the task of importing your existing
name service data into your LDAP directory.
See “Name Service Migration Scripts” on page 160 for a complete
description of the scripts, what they do, and how to use them. Modify the
migration scripts, if needed.
Step 2. Back up your directory.
Step 3. Run the migration scripts, using the worksheet in Appendix A,
“Configuration Worksheet,” on page 183.
Step 4. If the method you used above did not already do so, import the LDIF file
into your directory.