8.3. Automating User Creation from a Third-Party Database
In some cases, you may need to integrate an OS X directory system with a third-party information system, such as an employee database. In an education environment, for example, tens or hundreds of thousands of student records exist, with new records being added every day. All of this user information exists largely in third-party databases, and you may need to ensure that records added to one system can easily be added to Open Directory.
To successfully import the data, you must get it into an acceptable format. Importing data into Open Directory can be performed from the GUI with Workgroup Manager, which supports import of data in a delimited format, with customizable attribute and record ...
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