just a forward from
http://lists.debian.org/<20110218204927.GA28750@flashgordon>
On Freitag, 18. Februar 2011, Andreas B. Mundt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:18:05PM +0100, Christian Kuelker wrote:
> > On 02/15/2011 07:31 PM, Andreas B. Mundt wrote:
> > > I think the best way to do the migration is completely independent of
> > > all changes I proposed:
> > >
> > > * Prepare a list (csv) of all user for every category you use:
> > > students, teachers, etc.
> >
> > Yes? At some schools the default database are indeed an external
> > one. There this might be possible.
> >
> > However, for universities or large companies - where the users
> > seldom change and large changes can be seen in LDAP, I always used
> > the LDAP database as authoritative choice.
>
> Sure, but it should be not too complicated to create a list of all
> users from ldap.
>
> > Are you really suggesting to build a CSV file from a LDAP server to
> > re-import that? Which LDAP attributes should be considered for the
> > CVS file?
>
> The simplest one is:
>
> UID, GIVENNAME, SURNAME, PASSWD
>
> one line per user. (You may create a random password for the last
> column, print the list on paper, cut strips and hand every strip to
> the corresponding user for the first login).
>
> Now with this list, you use the LDAP-manager in GOsa. You are free to
> add other attributes and you are able to choose which column has which
> meaning. In addition, choose or prepare a template. The data is
> applied to that template when imported.
>
> > > * Prepare a (GOsa-) template for each category.
> >
> > Could you elaborate more on this?
>
> A template in GOsa is a predefined 'user' which defines attributes
> that are the same for all users. Currently there is a student and a
> teacher template. They differ in group membership. To add a student,
> the only thing you have to do is add his given- and family name. The
> uid is created (you can use %name etc. variables to fill some
> attributes currently for the uid
> idGenerator="{%givenName[3-6]}{%sn[3-6]}" is used. Common attributes
> for all users of one category (like default shell) are taken from the
> template.
>
> > > * Mass-create all users from the lists. For each category use the
> > > corresponding template.
>
> Yes, that's it. Shouldn't be too much hassle.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Andi
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