Portal Export / Import Problems

I'm trying to export a Portal application from a solaris development machine running Portal 3.0.7 to a solaris production machine running 3.0.8 and I'm having problems.
As a starter I thought I'd try just the Login Server and the Security bits in that order.
Everything seems to go okay with both the export and import using ssoexp.csh/ssoimp.csh and secexp.csh/secimp.csh but when I navigate to the new production site and try to login with one of the usernames and passwords that should have been imported, I get an authentication failure.
Any ideas ?
Thanks
Garry

Folks,
Here is the output I receive after running the appropriate import scripts
Import of Login Server
Initializing Merge ...
Initialization Complete
Activity Log:
Merging import SSO data with existing data
The user PORTAL30_SSO with Login Server role FULL Exists ...
... The imported user has Login Server role = FULL
The user PORTAL30_SSO_ADMIN with Login Server role FULL Exists ...
... The imported user has Login Server role = FULL
The user PUBLIC with Login Server role USER Exists ...
... The imported user has Login Server role = USER
The user PORTAL30 with Login Server role FULL Exists ...
... The imported user has Login Server role = FULL
The user PORTAL30_ADMIN with Login Server role FULL Exists ...
... The imported user has Login Server role = FULL
Disconnected from Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production
With the Partitioning option
JServer Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production
Import of Login Server User Information Complete
Note: A imported user has to login to the Login Server with
password the same as his/her user name and reset his/her password.
Import of Security data
Initializing Merge ...
Initialization Complete
Activity Log:
Merging imported security data of Portal with existing data
The user PORTAL30 exists with ID: 0
The user PORTAL30_ADMIN exists with ID: 1
The user PUBLIC exists with ID: 2
The user PORTAL30_SSO exists with ID: 3
The group AUTHENTICATED_USERS exists with ID: 0
The group DBA exists with ID: 1
The group PORTAL_ADMINISTRATORS exists with ID: 2
The group PORTLET_PUBLISHERS exists with ID: 3
The group PORTAL_DEVELOPERS exists with ID: 4
Disconnected from Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production
With the Partitioning option
JServer Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production
Import of Security Data Complete
From the output you can see that there is data being imported for the Portal users but not OPDSTATS the user I wish to use, and have created on my development site.
However the WWUTL_SSO_TX_PERSON$ table has an entry created for OPDSTATS. I have compared the encrypted passwords for opdstats on dev and prod databases and they are the same.
The logon user OPDSTATS uses a schema called OPDUSER that is not created on the database after import of both Login Server and Security.
I can however logon as portal30 and have tried updating the table WWUTL_SSO_TX_PERSON$ with the portal30 encrypted password for the opdstats user, again this was unsuccessful.
Any idea anyone ?
Thanks
Garry
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