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The following group account attributes might be present in the XML files:

ÂGroup name (required)

ÂGroup ID (required)

ÂOne member’s short name (required)

ÂOther members’ short names

Using XML Files Created with AppleShare IP 6.3

You can use the Web & File Admin application on an AppleShare IP 6.3 server to create an export file and then use Workgroup Manager or dsimport to import that file into an Open Directory domain.

The following user account attributes are exported into the XML files. An error occurs when you import a file with missing required attributes.

ÂName (required, mapped to a long name)

ÂInetAlias (mapped to a short name)

ÂComment

ÂIndication of whether user can log in

ÂPassword format (required) and password text (required)

ÂApple mail data

ÂIndicator for whether the user is a server administrator, password change data, and indicator for forcing a password to change (this data is ignored)

The dsimport tool generates user IDs when you import this XML file, using the -sparameter to determine the user ID to start with and incrementing each subsequent imported account’s user ID by one. It generates primary group IDs using the -rparameter.

When you import using Workgroup Manager, user IDs and primary group IDs are generated as you indicate in the dialog provided.

The following group account attributes might be present in these XML files:

ÂGroup name (required)

ÂOne member’s short name (required)

ÂOther members’ short names

The dsimport tool generates group IDs when you import this XML file, using the -rparameter to determine the group ID to start with, and incrementing each subsequent imported group’s ID by one.

When you import using Workgroup Manager, group IDs are generated using the information you provide for group IDs in the import dialog.

Appendix Importing and Exporting Account Information