[Fedora-directory-users] Importing Linux Users

[Richard Megginson]

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
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