> I'm looking to move my companies server from an old Netware 5.0 file > server to a Linux/Samba server on new hardware. > > Since my companies' systems are not mission critical (I can afford to be > down for a few hours at a time after a switch-over) I feel I have the > tolerance for some problems in getting it installed. > > Is this something I should be able to handle on my own (I installed the > NW 5.0 box on my own) and can I depend on support from the community in > doing so? > > Thanks in advance, > Boaz >
Hi Boaz: I moved our file server from NW5.1 to Samba on Linux, we're about the same size shop as you. I build the samba box on some newer hardware, installed rsync on both machines (there's a netware rsync package, I think I got it on the developer's network), and used that to transfer files for the migration. I had to write a script to change ownership and permissions after the file xfer, that information didn't come across in a usable way after the file sync. Someone else may know a more elegant way of getting the files over. After a few gotcha's, it's all been very stable. I learned not to restart the samba process during the middle of the day when everyone's got files open ;-). I had some legacy printing issues (dos app printing to Netware LPT1: port mapping, worked in Netware) which I could never get to print just so using Linux CUPS, so I just have them print direct. Gotta love that legacy stuff that never, ever goes away... Hope your migration goes well! - Joe -- Joe Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
