I actually did this during my testing phase a year ago and it was pretty straightforward - a LOT easier than moving the PDC on NT. I just kept everything in /etc/samba identical on both machines, and also made sure I had all the accounts in /etc/passwd set up identically (this includes machine accounts, so it's important). I took the network cable from the old box and moved it to the new one, and my clients had no idea anything had changed. Granted it was a new system so I only had one test client, but I was still mildly impressed with the server's portability.
In my case the new server replaced the old one, so the IP address and DNS hostname were unchanged. Your case might be different. If the hostname, IP address or NetBIOS name changes I'm nos sure what would happen, but someone else on this list might.
-Ed
senthil wrote:
Hi All,
I am running samba 2.2xx as a PDC. I am planning to move this PDC to a new and stable box running rh 8.0. Can anyone please advise me how to move the PDC to a new box keeping the same settings like the user accounts and even the unix SID and things like that .. Can any one guide me to some howto which can help me .. ? please ..
Regards,
Sen
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