CreateImportPendingUser

Creates a “pending import” user in the zone.

Syntax

IUserInfo CreateImportPendingUser(string source, DateTime timestamp)

Parameters

Specify the following parameters when using this method.

Parameter	Description
source	The location of the source data for the user to be imported.
timestamp	The date and time at which the data was retrieved.

Return value

The newly created pending import user object.

Discussion

User profiles in a pending import user object need to be mapped to Active Directory groups before they can be used. Users in this state are normally imported from NIS domains or from text files and stored temporarily either in Active Directory or in XML files until they are mapped to Active Directory accounts. For more information about importing and mapping users, see the Administrator’s Guide for Linux and UNIX.

Example

The following code sample illustrates using this method in a script:

...  
'Specify the zone you want to work with  
set objZone = cims.GetZone("ajax.org/UNIX/Zones/test_lab")  
'Create the Pending Import User object  
set objPendUsr = objZone.CreateImportPendingUser("script file", now)   
objPendiUsr.Uid = 500   
objPendUsr.Name = "joe"   
objPendUsr.PrimaryGroupId = 500   
objPendUsr.HomeDirectory = "/home/joe"   
objPendUsr.Shell = "/bin/bash"   
objPendUsr.Gecos = "Joe Jane"   
objPendUsr.Commit   
...