On 29 August 2010 21:06, Gaiseric Vandal <[email protected]> wrote: > Is the existing server using tdbsam or LDAP? The pdbedit command has > options to import/export from/to various backends. Once you copy the > accounts from one server to another you could configure the new server to > temporarily be a BDC, then make it a PDC and drop the original serve. > > Does the Mac OS server have LDAP server functionality already built in? Is > it using openldap or something else.
OS X Server comes with Open Directory which is based on OpenLDAP, MIT Kerberos and a "password server". It does have some support for acting as a Windows PDC, as far as I know. I am pretty sure it uses some version of Samba for that, but not sure how/if it would integrate with your own installation of Samba. > Re renaming a domain- each domain has a unique SID, so you could rename a > domain but keep the same SID. However, samba logs show that domain members > are using the domain name when looking for a DC. I don't think windows > clients will let you change the domain name without leaving and rejoining > the domain UNLESS you can find some registry setting to change. -- Michael Wood <[email protected]> -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
