The DCE IMPORT utility allows you to create principal and account entries in a DCE registry based on accounts in an existing OpenVMS authorization file. It is used for the following purposes: o To populate the DCE registry when a new DCE cell is first established o To add entries to an existing DCE registry when a new OpenVMS system joins an existing DCE cell o To add entries to an existing DCE registry when new users have joined an OpenVMS sytem that is already part of an existing DCE cell The DCE IMPORT utility also creates and maintains an exclude list. The exclude list contains the OpenVMS usernames of users who do not have, and do not require, a DCE account. This feature allows DCE IMPORT to skip over these users during DCE IMPORT operations. NOTE: The DCE IMPORT utility described in this section cannot be satisfied by the import function shipped with OSF DCE because of substantial differences between OpenVMS and UNIX user registry data. Passwords cannot be imported. Instead, the automatic synchronization feature that occurs during integrated login is used to import user passwords. See the Digital DCE for OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS Alpha Reference Guide for detailed descriptions of the DCE IMPORT commands.