passwd2sam

The passwd2sam user account management utility places user account information that is stored in a Solaris name service--such as FILES, NIS, and NIS+--into the SunLink Server Security Account Manager (SAM) database. If the SunLink Server system is configured as a BDC in an existing Windows NT domain, passwd2sam operations will transfer to the domain's PDC.

Using this utility does not add users' passwords to the SunLink Server SAM database, because passwords are one-way encrypted; that is, they cannot be decrypted for automatic transfer from one account to the other.

The passwd2sam user account management utility supports three modes of operation:

• It adds Solaris user accounts into the SunLink Server Security Accounts Manager database. This is the default mode of operation. Solaris user accounts can be added from the running Solaris name service or by a user-specified /etc/passwd formatted input file.

• It deletes Solaris user accounts from the SunLink Server Security Accounts Manager database. Solaris user accounts are deleted from the SunLink Server program by a user-specified /etc/passwd formatted input file.

• It finds and disables Windows NT domain user accounts that have been added by passwd2sam and subsequently deleted from a Solaris name service. This mode will find and disable SunLink Server user accounts that have been removed from a Solaris name service.

You must format all input files to passwd2sam as /etc/passwd entries. See the passwd2sam(1) man page for details on invocation options and arguments.