Importing From An Nt Domain Controller Or Nis Server - Extreme Networks EPICenter Software Installation Manual

The Grouping Manager

Importing from an NT Domain Controller or NIS Server

Importing from an NT Domain Controller or NIS server is straightforward. The import is always done
from the Domain Controller or NIS server that is serving the domain for the system running the
EPICenter server. The type of system you are running will determine where the EPICenter server looks
for the information.
In order to import information from an NT Domain Controller, the EPICenter server must be running
with the appropriate user permissions in order to extract the information from the Domain Controller.
NOTE
If you import information from an NT Domain Controller, that information will become visible to all
EPICenter user. If this is a security concern, you may want to consider exporting information from the
NT Domain Controller to a file, and using that to create an import file that contains only the information
that you want to be visible through EPICenter Grouping Manager.
The import process imports the following information:
• For users: username, fullname, description.
• For hosts: hostname, description, Primary IP address.
• For groups (users only): name, description, usernames of members.
The import process creates a file, , in the subdirectory.
import.txt user/import
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