[clue-tech] User migration.

[Robert F. Woods]

I have a not so Linux question, but definately a Unix question.

I must migrate 900 users from a DG/UX Intel server to an AIX pSeries 
running AIX.
I have the script written to issue the mkuser command and should be able 
to get all the users setup ok in the AIX security system. The problem is 
in the initial password.

The DG stores the encrypted password in the /etc/passwd file. The AIX 
stores it in /etc/security/passwd. The encryption seems to be different. 
I cannot manually take the DG encrypted password and place it in the 
proper place on the AIX box and login. The password test fails.

I have been searching EE and Cpan for a module to give me some guidence 
for scripting this. NO luck. I see lots of references to use of expect 
but no examples.

I am down to setting 900 passwords to a default or to the userid 
manually unless someone here has an example of code to do this with 
expect (or some other magic).

Thanks in advance Bob Woods