> I had the same problem of losing user GUIDS when moving RedDot to new > servers - especially an issue if users have thing s saved in draft as they > become set to 'unknown user'. > To get around the problem and assuming that the user names from LDAP are > unique I wrote some code to: > > Export user rights for modules / projects and groups. > Export the user info of pages saved as draft. > > Once the projects have been copied over to the new server and the LDAP > users imported: > > Import user rights for modules / projects and groups. > Import the user info of pages saved as draft. > > The main points of the code are probably in the last version of RedDotNet > <http://www.solutionexchange.info/RedDotNet.htm>I released in > Utils/Users.cs. > There is also another way to workaround this issue (please note that this will not be supported by Open Text, although this is working very good if you know what you do): Migrate the ioAdministration database from the old to the new server and adjust the computer, database and system settings. Then you do a user import and, if the guids have changed, you can change them back in the database. This way you will keep your full history of changes for the pages (if you need them e.g. for legals). Best, Hilmar
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