Re: How to migrate MS - Active Directory to Linux OpenLDAP

[Atom Powers <apowers@digipen.edu>]

Raghu Ni wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are trying into migrate from Active Directory to Open LDAP. But, we
> getting problems with Schema Attributes. Can any one help us in this ?

I haven't worked with AD in a number of years, but I did do a 
large-scale migration to OpenLDAP this summer.

You have esentially two choices.
1. Write a schema that supports the AD attributes in OpenLDAP.
2. Write a script that converts the AD attributes to those used in the 
standard OpenLDAP schemas. This is the route I took and my script ended 
up being many hundreds of lines (in perl) and requires extensive 
testing, as even the smallest mistake can prevent the data from getting 
loaded.

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