Migrate NIS domains

Notes

To open NIS Server Migration, click Start, point to Programs, point to Windows Services for UNIX, and then click NIS Server Migration.
Password file entries with names longer than eight characters will not be migrated.
Windows user accounts created as a result of the migration will have their passwords set to a random value. After performing the migration, you must assign a temporary password to these accounts and instruct the affected users to change their Windows password as soon as possible.

At a command prompt, type:

nis2ad -y UNIXNISDomain -a ActiveDirectoryNISDomain [options] MapfileToMigrate

The following arguments are required.

Argument	Description
-y UNIXNISDomain	Specifies the name of the Network Information Service (NIS) domain that contains the map to migrate.
-a ActiveDirectoryNISDomain	Specifies the NIS domain name in Active Directory.
MapfileToMigrate	Specifies the name of the NIS map source file to migrate. NIS map source files are the plain text files from which the NIS map databases are compiled.

The nis2ad utility accepts the following options.

Option	Description
-m	Perform the migration. If this option is omitted, the program finds and reports conflicts but does not actually perform the migration.
-c FileName	Specifies the file where conflict details are written. Uses a default file if not specified.
-t TargetContainer	Specifies the target container name. Applicable only when creating a new NIS domain. If not specified, uses the default or uses the container of the target domain.
-f FileName	Specifies the name of the log file. Uses a default file if not specified.
-r yes\|no	Replace object in Active Directory with object being migrated. Default is no.
-p Password	If needed and if not specified, the user will be prompted.
-d Directory	Specifies the path of the directory that contains NIS map source files.
-s Server	Specifies the domain controller server hosting Active Directory. Otherwise use the current server.
-u User	Specifies the name of the user having administrator privileges on this computer. If not specified, nis2ad uses the current user.

Notes

To view the complete syntax for this command, at a command prompt, type:
nis2ad /?
You can migrate only one map at a time using nis2ad. To migrate more than one map at a time, use the NIS Server Migration Wizard.
Password file entries with names longer than eight characters will not be migrated.
Windows user accounts created as a result of the migration will have their passwords set to a random value. After performing the migration, you must assign a temporary password to these accounts and instruct the affected users to change their Windows password as soon as possible.