OSF DCE Administration Guide--Core Components

OSF DCE Administration Guide—Core Components
1. It opens the group and password files and establishes a connection to the registry.
2. It compares the group file entries to groups in the registry. If there are no conflicts,
it creates groups in the registry that correspond to the groups in the group file.
3. It compares the entries in the password file to principals in the registry. Again, if
there are no conflicts, it
• Creates principals in the registry that correspond to the entries in the password
file.
• Adds the newly created principals to the appropriate groups.
• Creates accounts for the newly created principals.
4. It reexamines the group file and adds the principals as members of any additional
groups that it finds there.
The changes to the registry are made individually as each step is processed. If you
specify the -o option, passwd_import adds all newly created registry principals to the
specified organization. If you do not specify the organization, the principals are added to
the organization none.
39.1.2 Registry Entries Created by passwd_import
If an entry exists in the password or group file but does not exist in the registry,
passwd_import creates a new registry entry. For additional registry information,
passwd_import takes the following values:
• For Principal and Group Entries:
— Alias/Primary Name = If the password file contains two entries with the same
UNIX number, passwd_import creates a primary name entry for the first UNIX
number it finds and an alias for each occurrence of the same UNIX number.
— Full Name = A blank string; no full name is added for the entry.
— Membership List = For new groups only, all principals that are listed in the
group file and all principals with registry accounts that are associated with that
group.
— Project List = Yes (for groups only).
• For Account Entries:
— Account Expiration Date = None.
— Account-Valid Flag = No. Use the dcecp acount modify command to change
this flag to y after the password is set.
— Client Flag =Yes.
— Duplicate Certificate Flag = No.
— Forwardable Certificate Flag =Yes.
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