you can try to crack passwords on M$ boxes, so no need to reset or regenerate passwords. how about the mailbox on the Exchange server? Is it possible to migrate existing mailboxes in a Linux? any ideas...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Spikes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 3:14 PM Subject: Re: [plug] migration from ms exchange to sendmail/postfix > You can use pam_ldap for authentication but i guess exchange/ldap doesnt > store uid/guid so you need still to create users in /etc/passwd or > somehting. For the configuration, ive read sometime ago about it (try > search arrayservices exchange server replacement howto) Also, we can > take a look at the new samba which has improved active directory > support. But the fastest way is just export all users (and > reset/generate password), then create a script to add to your new > mailserver. > > Ramil Sagum wrote: > > > Bopolissimus Platypus wrote: > > > >> how about passwords. can they somehow be manhandled into > >> the linux md5 password format (e.g., can we get them in plaintext > >> in NT so we can hash them ourselves), or into some other format that > >> can be used for authentication on linux? (e.g., LDAP? i don't > >> know how LDAP stores passwords, is there a standard LDAP hash that > >> works the same in Win* and Linux? or are the hashes not compatible > >> so that we'll still have to go with sniffing or forcing them to > >> change their passwords or something else like that authentication > >> proxy i was fantasizing about previously? :). > >> > >> tiger > >> > >> > >> > > isn't this what PAM+LDAP is for? > > > > has someone implemented a working system? > > > > > > ramil > > > > -- > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > > . > > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > > . > > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > > > > > > > > > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
