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Subject: Re: Adding users... 
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> Running 3.1-R, I want to import users from a comma delimited file
> (exported from a large Windows NT domain) into my passwd database...
> Is there a utility for this type of stuff... thanks!

i don't know of any utility _per se_, but it can be done _very_
quickly with Awk and a shell script.  for example, if your file
contains just 'username,real name' on each line, then use the
script:

----------
#!/bin/sh

while read line
do
    fields=`echo $line | awk 'BEGIN { FS = "," } { print $1, $2 }'`
    username=`echo $fields | (read username realname; echo $username)`
    realname=`echo $fields | (read username realname; echo $realname)`
    /usr/sbin/pw useradd $username -c "$realname"
done
----------

call it, say, 'add_nt_users.sh'.  then run

	$ ./add_nt_users.sh <nt_user_data

and you're on your way.  see awk(1) and sh(1) for more details.
you can obviously tailor the script to add handling for lots of
fields...

Lucas
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