**want to create a user account from "Crypted Password" to "Open Directory"

Question

I have create a user account with "user password type: Crypted Password"
is there any way I can script it to "user password type: open directory"
I've use perl-ldap to create user account but I don't know how to change user password type to open directory,
because my script will add a new node in the directory, I just need a way to make the "user password type" to "Open Directory" AT CREATION TIME, not modifing it after a have a user account, the script below will generate a node in the directory with "Crypted Password" as User Password Type,
is there any attribute I need to add to make it "Open Directory" or perl command, applescript, bash, objective c(hopefully not)....
thank for reading...
$res = $c->add(dn => 'uid=testing,cn=users,dc=microsoft,dc=info',
attr => [
'cn' => 'testing',
'gidNumber' => '20',
'homeDirectory' => '99',
'objectclass' => 'inetOrgPerson', 'posixAccount', 'shadowAccount', 'apple-user', 'extensibleObject','organizationalPerson','top','person',
'sn' => 'testing',
'uid' => 'testing',
'uidNumber' => '5000',
1. 'apple-generateduid' => '27318931-B341-4364-91B4-84E4AAAD1234', #026F",
'givenName' => 'testing',
1. 'loginShell' => '/bin/bash',
'userPassword' => 'testing' ,
1. 'homePhone' => '555-2020',
2. 'mail' => '[email protected]'
die "unable to add, errorcode #".$res->code().$res->error if $res->code( );
thanks

Answer 1

Since this question isn't Xserve specific a better place to get an answer is probably in the Directory Services forum: http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1353
That being said if you are trying to migrate Crypt accounts to OD accounts then the short answer is no. You need an unencrypted password to put the password into OD via a script do short of cracking the encrypted password, inserting it in plain text into the OD user account creation process then I don't think you can.
You should be able to dictate the password (and any other settings you can do from the GUI) but the password is the missing piece. Under really old OS X systems I actually suspect you can get passwords to export (hinted at by an Apple engineer I discussed this with) but there is probably a faster and more straightforward solution.
What I have done is export from NetInfo, clean the accounts via script and then reimport the accounts into the new system. I usually assign a password and dictate "Must change password at next login" and then email people the temporary passwords. It's been a while but I believe you can mass select and then dictate password settings so if that works for you create accounts with all the same password and then you can select by group and make changes - eg Must change password at login.
Good luck,
=Tod