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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * LDAP Migration script.
+ * For all users in the database, the username is queried in the new directory server
+ * This DN is then used to create an UPDATE statement to correct the old directory server dns
+ * in the database.
+ */
+
+require_once("../config/dmsDefaults.php");
+
+// first select all users
+$aUsers = User::getList();
+
+// then initialise the LDAP authenticator with the new directory server address
+$sNewLdapServer = "smaurg.mrc.ac.za";
+$sNewLdapDn = "";
+$oLdap = new LDAPAuthenticator($sNewLdapServer, $sNewLdapDn);;
+
+for ($i=0; $i<count($aUsers); $i++) {
+	// for each user, lookup the dn based on the username	
+	$oUser = $aUsers[$i];
+	$aResults = $oLdap->searchUsers($oUser->getUserName(), array ("dn"));
+	if (count($aResults) > 1) {
+		echo "retrieved " . count($aResults) . " matches for username=" + $oUser->getUserName();
+	} else {
+		$sNewDN = $aResults[$oUser->getUserName()]["dn"];
+		// echo an update statement that sets the dn to the correct value		
+		echo "UPDATE users SET ldap_dn='" . $sNewDN . "' WHERE id=" . $oUser->getID();
+	}
+}
+echo "Change the configuration file to point to the new directory server-" . $sNewLdapServer;
+?>
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