Migrate existing users to Alfresco

If you are planning to migrate an existing application to Alfresco, you might want to migrate its existing users to Alfresco as well. If you use LDAP or an NTLM-based security model, you don't have to migrate the existing users to Alfresco. Instead, you can directly connect to those user sources from Alfresco. This model is always preferred, as you can manage users and groups at one centralized location, and can access the user information in many applications.

This is applicable if you are using Alfresco's out of the box security model.

Using command-line scripts for the bulk uploading of users

You can bulk upload users to Alfresco using command-line scripts. In order to bulk upload users, follow the steps given below:

1. You have to create home folders for the users that you are importing. Create fredb and sues folders inside the User Homes space.

2. Stop the Alfresco server.

3. You have to create user data XML files in the /tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF folder...