dsimport(1) BSD General Commands Manual dsimport(1)NAMEdsimportSYNOPSISdsimport filepath nodepath O|M|A|I|N [options]
dsimport--version
dsimport--help
DESCRIPTIONdsimport is a tool for importing records into an Open Directory source.
USAGE
filepath is the path of the file to be imported.
nodepath is the path of the Open Directory node where the records
should be imported.
A flag that specifies how to handle conflicting records:
O overwrite of any existing records that have the same
record name, UID or GID. All previous attribute val‐
ues are deleted.
M merge import data with existing records or create the
record if it does not exist.
I ignore the record if there is a conflicting name, UID
or GID.
A append the data to existing records, but do not cre‐
ate a record if it does not exist.
N no duplicate checking should be done. Note this
could cause failures and/or a slower import process.
A list of options and their descriptions:
--crypt is used to signify that all user passwords are crypt-based.
Entries in the import file can also be prefixed with {CRYPT} on
a per record basis if not all users are crypt-based. By default
all passwords are assumed to be provided as listed in the import
file.
--force attribute value
forces a specific value for the named attribute for all records
during the import. The new value will overwrite any value speci‐
fied in the import file. This option may be specified multiple
times for forcing more than one attribute.
--groupid value
is the GID used for any records that do not specify a primary
GID.
--grouppreset value
designate a preset record to be applied to imported group
records.
--loglevel value
changes the amount of logging detail output to the log file.
--outputfile value
Outputs a plist to the specified file with a list of changed
users or groups and rejected records due to name conflicts.
Also includes a list of deleted records (overwrite mode), and
lists of records that failed and succeeded during import. The
format of this file is likely to change in a future release of
Mac OS X.
--password value
is the admin's password for import operations. Used to authenti‐
cate to the directory node during import. A secure prompt will
be used for interactive input if not supplied via parameter.
Using the prompt method is the most secure method of providing
password to dsimport.
--recordformat string
passes in the delimiters and attributes and record type to spec‐
ify the order and names of attributes in the file to be
imported. An example record format string:
0x0A 0x5C 0x3A 0x2C dsRecTypeStandard:Users 7 dsAttrTypeS‐
tandard:RecordName dsAttrTypeStandard:Password dsAttrTypeS‐
tandard:UniqueID dsAttrTypeStandard:PrimaryGroupID dsAttrTypeS‐
tandard:RealName dsAttrTypeStandard:NFSHomeDirectory dsAttrType‐
Standard:UserShell
A special value of IGNORE can be used for values that should be
ignored in the import file on a record-by-record basis.
--recordtype type
Override the record type defined in the import file. For exam‐
ple, to import ComputerGroups as ComputerLists, use:
--recordtype dsRecTypeStandard:ComputerLists
The opposite works for importing ComputerLists as Computer‐
Groups, and so on.
--remotehost hostname | ipaddress
connects to a remote host at the network address specified.
Commonly used to import to a remote Mac OS X Server.
--remoteusername value
specifies user name to use for the remote connection.
--remotepassword value
specifies password to use for the remote connection. A secure
prompt will be used to ask for the password if --remoteusername
is specified and --remotepassword is not. Using the prompt
method is the most secure method of providing password to
dsimport.
--startid value
indicates the ID number to start with when the import tool gen‐
erates user or group IDs for any import file that lacks an ID as
part of the import data.
--template StandardUser | StandardGroup
is used for delimited import of files that lack field descrip‐
tions.
StandardUser contains the following fields in the order:
1. RecordName
2. Password
3. UniqueID
4. PrimaryGroupID
5. DistinguishedName
6. NFSHomeDirectory
7. UserShell
StandardGroup contains the following fields in the order:
1. RecordName
2. Password
3. PrimaryGroupID
4. GroupMembership
--username value
is the admin username to use when importing records. If this is
not specified the current user is the default name. Also, if
used in conjunction with --remotehost then this admin user will
be used for the Open Directory node whereas the username pro‐
vided in --remoteusername will be used for the remote connec‐
tion. If this option is left off but --remoteusername is pro‐
vided, then the remote username will be used for both the con‐
nection and for importing records.
--userpreset value
designate a preset record to be applied to imported user
records.
EXAMPLES
To import a standard dsexport file into the Local database:
dsimport myimportFile /Local/Default I --username administrator
--password adminpassword
FILES
/usr/bin/dsimport
~/Library/Logs/ImportExport
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