> is there some way to create an ldif file programatically and then use > ldapadd? Absolutely. The simplest case might be just a shell script that prompts for each value that constitutes a new user, then prints that to stdout in LDIF format, which could be piped to ldapmodify. Steve Strong wrote: > hmmm, this sounds a lot like copy all of the information over by hand ... > > how about writing a shell script to add the user to the unix side and > then copy the associated information (including the new group) into > fedora directory? is there some way to create an ldif file > programatically and then use ldapadd? has anyone done this already? > steve > > Pete Rowley wrote: >> Steve Strong wrote: >>> OK, I'm a newbie, but it seems that now that I've migrated all of my >>> users that I need to learn how to add users (ya think?) There must >>> be an underlying unix account, right? how do you add one unix >>> account to the fedora ldap directory? >>> >> In the console create a new user, once you have filled out the >> default tab, click on the posix tab. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> -- >> Fedora-directory-users mailing list >> Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users >> >
