7.3 Shell Script - Copying OS X groups into Macintosh Manager

Macintosh Manager controls log-ins from Mac OS 9 clients. It also allows administrators to assign system rights to MM users & MM workgroups.

Before a MM user can log in, he must be assigned to at least one workgroup.

If you spend time organising users into groups for OS X - it can be quite dissapointing to find that you have to do it all again in Macintosh Manager for Mac OS 9.

This is because Mac OS X groups are not imported into MM when you import users - meaning MM Workgroups have to be set up separately.

Macintosh Manager does allow you to import WorkGroup information from a file - so if we could export the Mac OS X groups we would have the problem licked.

The following describes how to use a script (provided) to export group information into a text file compatible with the Macintosh Manager import function.

Make sure that you are logged into the server as "root".  
Copy the script "lsgroups.sh" into roots' home directory (/private/var/root/Documents).
Start a new shell.  

Change directory to roots' home directory, type:

cd ~/Documents

Make sure that the execute flag is set on the script "lsgroups.sh" by typing:

chmod u+x lsgroups.sh

Execute the "lsgroups.sh" script by typing the following:

~/Documents/lsgroups.sh

...the script will print several lines containing the following information:

user_realname<TAB>group_realname

Execute the "lsgroups.sh" script again, but this time redirect the output to a file by typing the following:

~/Documents/lsgroups.sh >mmgroups.txt

...this command will tell the script to save all group information to the file "mmgroups.txt"

The resulting file "mmgroups.txt" should now be imported into Macintosh Manager.
Launch "Macintosh Manager.app".  
Enter the administrators name and password into the authentication box.
Click on "Users" tab, and then click on the "Import all" button.

User names will be imported from the server.
Select "Import User List..." from the "File" menu.  
Select the workgroup users text file and click the "Import" button.

Click on "Name #1" in the "Available Fields" list, then click on the "Add >" button. "Name #1" should appear in the "Import" list.

Next, click on "WorkGroup" in the "Available Fields" list, then click on the "Add >" button. "WorkGroup" should appear in the "Import" list.

Click on "Open Sample Import..." button to check the import.

A sample import will be displayed.

 

Click the "OK" button to close this sample screen.

If you are not happy with the sample import click the "Cancel" button.

...Otherwise, click the "OK" button to begin importing the WorkGroup info.

Mac OSX server - tech notes - © 2002 by Mark J Swift - msw AT blackpool.ac.uk