April 2007 - Based on 8.8.1 and SS204.

Objective was to eliminate NIS with as little impact to users as possible.

Needed to take existing passwords from the shadow file and allow users to migrate to LDAP (eDirectory) based management.

Process was to:
* Obtain simple password method and add to available login sequences for the tree.
* Authorize simple password method to be able to be used
* Have NO password policy assigned to the user container (ou=people)
* Import the crypt passwords
* Set [NDSD_TRY_NMASLOGIN_FIRST=true|LDAPEdirectoryPasswords]
* Assign Password policy the user container (ou=people)
* Following a successful login, using the password value for the simple password, the Universal password will be set. Any driver watching for the nspmDistributionPassword attribute will pick up the setting and deploy.

!!!Why This Works
The simple password can not be assigned to a user when a password policy is assigned to the user. (This was a design decision)

Once the simple passwords are imported, then the policy can be assigned. We set the policy to set NDS and simple password from UP.

Following a successful login, using the password value for the simple password, the Universal password will be set. Any driver watching for the nspmDistributionPassword attribute will pick up the setting and deploy the password.

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