This was sent to me by a co-worker. It's a fairly generic article about Samba, until it gets to the end, when they quote Jeremy Allison about some of the things that are going to be included in Samba 3.x:
The most exciting new feature in version 3.0, according to Allison, is Net RPC Vampire. This tool allows a Samba server to transfer the user database from a Windows NT 4.0 domain server. "It sucks down the database ... and then you've converted completely transparently. You've basically just migrated to Samba.. It was a piece that was missing [in earlier versions]; we didn't understand how to work the account transfer." Allison noted that when 3.0 comes out, "it will be relatively smooth for people who want to migrate from NT 4.0 to Samba instead of Windows 2000." http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/20673.html Very cool, considering this involves a bit of effort today. Mark Post
