diff --git a/dodo.py b/dodo.py
index 9d193c9b..82ac894c 100644
--- a/dodo.py
+++ b/dodo.py
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ def uniquify_file(filename):
             )
         )
     else:
-        print("Saved {} sorted unique lines to {}".format(len(uniques), filename))
+        print("Saved {} sorted unique lines to {}".format(len(unique_lines), filename))
 
 
 def task_clean_all():
diff --git a/tabcmd/commands/user/create_site_users.py b/tabcmd/commands/user/create_site_users.py
index c63436b0..7338c623 100644
--- a/tabcmd/commands/user/create_site_users.py
+++ b/tabcmd/commands/user/create_site_users.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def run_command(cls, args):
                 if args.role:
                     user_obj.site_role = args.role  # tsc is case sensitive
                 if args.auth_type:
-                    user_obj.auth_setting = args.auth_type
+                    user_obj.auth_setting = UserCommand.normalize_auth_setting(args.auth_type, user_obj.name)
                 number_of_users_listed += 1
                 result = server.users.add(user_obj)
                 logger.info(_("common.output.succeeded").format(user_obj.name))
diff --git a/tabcmd/commands/user/create_users_command.py b/tabcmd/commands/user/create_users_command.py
index 9dafcb3f..7790f4ec 100644
--- a/tabcmd/commands/user/create_users_command.py
+++ b/tabcmd/commands/user/create_users_command.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def run_command(cls, args):
                 if args.role:
                     user_obj.site_role = args.role
                 if args.auth_type:
-                    user_obj.auth_setting = args.auth_type
+                    user_obj.auth_setting = UserCommand.normalize_auth_setting(args.auth_type, user_obj.name)
                 server.users.add(user_obj)
                 logger.info(_("common.output.succeeded").format(user_obj.name))
                 number_of_users_added += 1
diff --git a/tabcmd/commands/user/user_data.py b/tabcmd/commands/user/user_data.py
index 272a5375..cd7ec38e 100644
--- a/tabcmd/commands/user/user_data.py
+++ b/tabcmd/commands/user/user_data.py
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ def to_tsc_user(self) -> TSC.UserItem:
         site_role = UserCommand.evaluate_site_role(self.license_level, self.admin_level, self.publisher)
         if not site_role:
             raise AttributeError(_("tabcmd.user.error.site_role_required"))
-        user = TSC.UserItem(self.name, site_role, self.auth)
+        auth = UserCommand.normalize_auth_setting(self.auth, self.name)
+        user = TSC.UserItem(self.name, site_role, auth)
         user.email = self.email
         user.fullname = self.fullname
         return user
@@ -104,6 +105,20 @@ class UserCommand(Server):
     This class acts as a base class for user related group of commands
     """
 
+    # tabcmd Classic accepts "Local" as an auth type; TSC's UserItem.Auth enum
+    # has no Local value and rejects it. Map Classic's "Local" to ServerDefault
+    # (both for CSV values and for the CLI --auth-type override) so inputs
+    # authored for Classic import without crashing, and log a warning so the
+    # operator sees the remap happened.
+    @staticmethod
+    def normalize_auth_setting(auth, username: Optional[str] = None):
+        if isinstance(auth, str) and auth.lower() == "local":
+            logging.getLogger(__name__).warning(
+                _("tabcmd.user.warning.local_auth_remapped").format(username)
+            )
+            return TSC.UserItem.Auth.ServerDefault
+        return auth
+
     @staticmethod
     def set_role_arg(parser):
         parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/tabcmd/locales/de/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo b/tabcmd/locales/de/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo
index cac49e59..bb3aab6b 100644
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diff --git a/tabcmd/locales/en/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo b/tabcmd/locales/en/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo
index a067f324..0bede2ba 100644
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diff --git a/tabcmd/locales/en/tabcmd_messages_en.properties b/tabcmd/locales/en/tabcmd_messages_en.properties
index 7eda4bff..605e229f 100644
--- a/tabcmd/locales/en/tabcmd_messages_en.properties
+++ b/tabcmd/locales/en/tabcmd_messages_en.properties
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ tabcmd.status.job_completed=Job completed
 tabcmd.status.waiting_for_refresh_job=Waiting for refresh job to begin
 tabcmd.user.error.site_role_required=Site role is required
 tabcmd.user.help.auth_type=Assigns the authentication type for all users in the CSV file. Possible values:
+tabcmd.user.warning.local_auth_remapped=User '{0}': auth_setting 'Local' is not a Tableau Server auth type; mapped to ServerDefault. The site's default auth method will be used.
 tabcmd.user.help.site_role=Specifies a site role for all users in the .csv file. Possible roles:
 tabcmd.warning.calculations_not_supported=Adding or removing Calculations tasks are not supported
 tabcmdparser.global.behaviors=Global behaviors:
diff --git a/tabcmd/locales/es/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo b/tabcmd/locales/es/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo
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diff --git a/tabcmd/locales/fr/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo b/tabcmd/locales/fr/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo
index 70813c35..7fb39edf 100644
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diff --git a/tabcmd/locales/ga/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo b/tabcmd/locales/ga/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo
index ecc45de2..be01907c 100644
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diff --git a/tabcmd/locales/ja/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo b/tabcmd/locales/ja/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo
index ce6b79fa..85511455 100644
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diff --git a/tabcmd/locales/ko/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo b/tabcmd/locales/ko/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo
index 0b1ea7d1..0d307a70 100644
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diff --git a/tabcmd/locales/pt/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo b/tabcmd/locales/pt/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo
index fa709d8a..6bfc41ef 100644
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diff --git a/tabcmd/locales/sv/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo b/tabcmd/locales/sv/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo
index e329a6a8..0fa1d20a 100644
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diff --git a/tabcmd/locales/zh/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo b/tabcmd/locales/zh/LC_MESSAGES/tabcmd.mo
index 3c252067..04786bd3 100644
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diff --git a/tests/commands/test_user_utils.py b/tests/commands/test_user_utils.py
index 67de8d56..d765dc03 100644
--- a/tests/commands/test_user_utils.py
+++ b/tests/commands/test_user_utils.py
@@ -150,3 +150,32 @@ def test_parse_line_preserves_role(self):
         user = UserCommand._parse_line("username, pword, fname, creator, none, yes, email")
         assert user is not None
         assert user.site_role == "Creator", f"Expected Creator, got {user.site_role}"
+
+    def test_local_auth_maps_to_server_default(self):
+        # tabcmd Classic accepts "Local" as an auth type; TSC's Auth enum has no
+        # Local value, so passing it through raises ValueError on server.users.add.
+        # to_tsc_user should map Classic's "Local" -> ServerDefault for parity
+        # and log a warning so the operator sees the remap happened.
+        data = Userdata()
+        data.populate(["username", "pword", "fname", "creator", "none", "yes", "email", "Local"])
+        with self.assertLogs("tabcmd.commands.user.user_data", level="WARNING") as logs:
+            user = data.to_tsc_user()
+        assert user.auth_setting == TSC.UserItem.Auth.ServerDefault, user.auth_setting
+        # Assert the warning names the affected user so the operator can act on
+        # it. Avoid coupling to the localize key -- once the .mo catalog carries
+        # this msgid, `_()` returns the translated text instead of the key.
+        assert any("username" in msg for msg in logs.output), logs.output
+
+    def test_local_auth_case_insensitive(self):
+        data = Userdata()
+        data.populate(["username", "pword", "fname", "creator", "none", "yes", "email", "local"])
+        with self.assertLogs("tabcmd.commands.user.user_data", level="WARNING"):
+            user = data.to_tsc_user()
+        assert user.auth_setting == TSC.UserItem.Auth.ServerDefault, user.auth_setting
+
+    def test_non_local_auth_passes_through(self):
+        # SAML/OpenID/etc. are not remapped.
+        data = Userdata()
+        data.populate(["username", "pword", "fname", "creator", "none", "yes", "email", TSC.UserItem.Auth.SAML])
+        user = data.to_tsc_user()
+        assert user.auth_setting == TSC.UserItem.Auth.SAML, user.auth_setting