Populating the Directory with User Data--Sample Session

Alpha Corporation is setting up a pilot test of the directory with two users on a lab machine called testserver. The test machine uses NIS+, and has the following users defined:

jdoe:fWFuXyZ1S..Vk:1001:10:John Doe:/export/home/jdoe:/bin/sh   gevert:fWFuXyZ1S..Vk:1002:10:Gail Evert:/export/home/gevert:/bin/sh

To create directory entries for these users, complete the following steps:

$ su

Password: <Enter your root password>

#

2.

Use the getent command to save the user entries in a file:

# getent passwd > /tmp/passwd

3.

Use the niscat command to extract user information from the mail aliases file, and use the sed command to format the data:

# niscat mail.aliases > /tmp/aliases.tmp   # sed 's/ /: /' /tmp/aliases.tmp > /tmp/aliases

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Note - Refer to the Release Notes for details on the formatting rules for the aliases and passwd files.

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# cd /etc/opt/SUNWmail/dir_svc

# vi imldifsync.conf

5.

Change the mail-server, passwd-file, and aliases-file values and uncomment the mode = users line as shown:

mail-server = "<mailserverhostname>.<fully qualified domain name>"   passwd-file = "/tmp/passwd"   aliases-file = "/tmp/aliases"   mode = users

In the above example, your mail-server can be testserver.eng.alpha.com., where testserver is the hostname of the SIMS 3.2 mail server.

6.

Copy the imldifsync.conf files to users.conf.

# cp imldifsync.conf users.conf

7.

If you want to set a user mail store quota edit users.conf.

The SIMS default setting is "no limit." To set a space limit, modify the mailQuota attribute as follows:

add-val = { "mailQuota: <quota in bytes>" , "mailFolderMap: SUN-MS" }

where <quota in bytes> would be 10000000 if you wanted to set a mail space quota of 10 megabytes. See "Message Store Quota Enforcement" on page 148 for detailed information on setting quotas.

8.

Change directories to the location shown and convert the user data to LDIF format.

Use the imldifsync command to generate formatted user data files (LDIF files).

# /opt/SUNWmail/sbin/imldifsync -c users.conf > /tmp/users.ldif

You will see the following results on the screen:

==================Statistics========================   Added DNs: 2   Modified DNs: 0   Delete DNs: 0   ====================================================

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Note - By default, the mail folder will be set to the Sun Message Store.

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The file users.ldif contains the following:

CODE  EXAMPLE  C-1 Contents of the users.ldif File (1 of 2)

dn: cn="John Doe (jdoe)",ou=People,o=Alpha,c=US
changetype: add
cn: John Doe (jdoe)
cn: John Doe
sn: Doe
initials: JD
givenName: John
freeFormName: John Doe
preferredRfc822Originator: john.doe@Engineering
preferredRfc822Recipient: jdoe@testserver.Alpha.com
rfc822Mailbox: john.doe@testserver.Alpha.COM
rfc822Mailbox: jdoe@testserver.Alpha.com
rfc822Mailbox: jdoe@testserver.Alpha.COM
rfc822Mailbox: john.doe@Engineering.Alpha.com
mailDeliveryOption: mailbox
mailHost: testserver.Alpha.com
userPassword: {crypt}fWFuXyZ1S..Vk
uid: jdoe
homeDirectory: /export/home/jdoe
dataSource: imldifsync 1.0
objectClass: top
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: emailPerson
objectClass: person
mailQuota: -1
mailFolderMap: SUN-MS
dn: cn="Gail Evert (gevert)",ou=People,o=Alpha,c=US
changetype: add
cn: Gail Evert (gevert)
cn: Gail Evert
sn: Evert
initials: GE
givenName: Gail
freeFormName: Gail Evert
preferredRfc822Originator: gail.evert@Engineering
mailForwardingAddress: gail.evert@testserver.Alpha.COM
mailDeliveryOption: mailbox
userPassword: {crypt}fWFuXyZ1S..Vk
uid: gevert
homeDirectory: /export/home/gevert
dataSource: imldifsync 1.0
objectClass: top
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: emailPerson
objectClass: person
mailQuota: -1
mailFolderMap: SUN-MS

# cd /opt/SUNWconn/bin

# ldapmodify -D "cn=admin,o=Alpha,c=us" -w secret -f /tmp/users.ldif

You will see the following output on the screen:

adding new entry cn="John Doe (jdoe)",ou=People,o=Alpha,c=US   adding new entry cn="Gail Evert (gevert)",ou=People,o=Alpha,c=US

CODE  EXAMPLE  C-2 Results of the ldapsearch Command for User Data

10.

Verify that the entries are present in the directory, using the ldapsearch command.

# ldapsearch -L -b "o=Alpha,c=us" "cn=*" cn
dn: CN=John Doe (jdoe),OU=People,O=Alpha,C=US
cn: John Doe (jdoe)
cn: John Doe
dn: CN=Gail Evert (gevert),OU=People,O=Alpha,C=US
cn: Gail Evert (gevert)
cn: Gail Evert