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Users and Groups 191
Using Character-Delimited Files
You can create a character-delimited file by using Workgroup Manager or dsimportexport to
export accounts in NetInfo or LDAPv3 directory domains into a file. You can also create a
character-delimited file by hand or by using a database or spreadsheet application.
The first record in the file must characterize the format of each account in the file. There are
three options:
m Write a full record description.
m Use the shorthand “StandardUserRecord.”
m Use the shorthand “StandardGroupRecord.”
The other records in the file describe user or group accounts, encoded in the format
described by the first record.
Any line of a character-delimited file that begins with “#” is ignored during importing.
Writing a Record Description
A record description identifies the fields in each record you want to import from a character-
delimited file; indicates how records, fields, and values are separated; and describes the
escape character that precedes special characters in a record. Encode the record description
using the following elements in the order specified, separating them using a space:
End-of-record indicator (in hex notation)
Escape character (in hex notation)
Field separator (in hex notation)
Value separator (in hex notation)
Type of accounts in the file (DSRecTypeStandard:Users or DSRecTypeStandard:Groups)
Number of attributes per account
List of attributes
For user accounts, the list of attributes must include the following, although you can omit
UID and PrimaryGroupID if you specify a starting UID and a default primary group ID when
you import the file:
RecordName (the user’s short name)
Password
UniqueID (the UID)
PrimaryGroupID
RealName (the user’s full name)
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