Re: [Samba] How to disable PDC

2005-06-21 Thread John H Terpstra 
On Tuesday 21 June 2005 12:41, Matt Schwartz wrote:
 Unfortunately, with NT you can not demote it from a DC.  You have to
 reinstall the software as a member server

No! It can be demoted using a commercial software package called Upromote.
See http://utools.com/UPromote.asp for further info.

- John T.


 Alan Munday wrote:
  I'm looking to migrate the DC functions of an old NT server (running
  SBS) to Samba.
 
  While I'm nearly ready to complete the migration the one thing I have
  been unable to find out is how to remove the DC functionality from the
  old server.
 
  Is it good enough to just demote it to being a BDC?
  I don't want to take the old server off-line as I will be leaving some
  applications on there for a while.
 
  Any help appreciated.
 
  regards
 
  Alan

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Re: [Samba] How to disable PDC

2005-06-21 Thread Alan Munday 

John H Terpstra wrote the following on 21/06/2005 19:53:

On Tuesday 21 June 2005 12:41, Matt Schwartz wrote:


Unfortunately, with NT you can not demote it from a DC.  You have to
reinstall the software as a member server



No! It can be demoted using a commercial software package called Upromote.
See http://utools.com/UPromote.asp for further info.

- John T.


Matt/John

Thanks, though from the FAQ:

Windows NT Small Business Server

Q: Is UPromote compatible with Windows NT Small Business Server?

A: No. SBS is hard-coded to always be a PDC. It lacks the intrinsic capability to 
run as a standalone server.

Presumably, if you uninstall SBS, you might then be able to remove the DC 
capability?

Alan

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