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Q269130: Migrating NIS NETGROUP File to Active Directory May Not Work

Article: Q269130
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 2.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): w2000sfu kbUNIXService
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX, version 2.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to migrate the Network Information service (NIS) NETGROUP file
into Active Directory by using Windows Services for UNIX 2.0, you may receive a
a "Failure" error message.

CAUSE
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This behavior is caused by a space after the comma in the data for a group name
entry.

RESOLUTION
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Remove the spaces after any commas.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that
are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
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The UNIX NIS NETGROUP file (or map) contains the definitions of NIS groups. The
file is in text format; you can open it with a word processor or text editor
(such as Notepad). Windows Services for UNIX 2.0 can migrate NIS maps into
Windows 2000 Active Directory. The expected format in the NETGROUP file is:

  <groupname> (<hostname>,<username>,<domain>)

If an entry has spaces after the commas, the migration does not succeed.

An easy way to remove extra spaces is to open the NETGROUP file in Notepad. Click
Replace on the Edit menu. In the Find What box, type ", " (without the quotation
marks). In the Replace With box, type "," (without the quotation marks). This
removes all trailing spaces after commas.

Additional query words: nis2ad sfu solar coaster solarcoaster

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Keywords          : w2000sfu kbUNIXService 
Technology        : kbWinServiceUNIX200 kbWinServiceUNIXSearch
Version           : :2.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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