RE: [Samba] Removing Samba+LDAP, replacing W2k3+AD
So my question is this: Can I bring up a Windows 2k3 machine as a member server in the Samba domain. Promote it to become an AD Domain Controller in mixed mode - retaining the domain SID, user and machine accounts and such so that I do not have to touch my workstations Oh, that sounds like an exercise in banging your head against the wall. I have done similar migrations. You will want to use Microsoft's Active Directory Migration Tool. You'll also want to investigate the moveuser.exe utility available from Microsoft. Both can be downloaded from Microsoft.com. I've written extensively on the forums how to use these to go from Samba to ADS; search for it. Keywords to look for: * Active Directory Migration Tool * ADMT * Jonathan Johnson (hey! That's me!) * moveuser or moveuser.exe (may or may not be useful) The big advantage of ADMT is that it will migrate user permissions and profiles such that the migration is relatively transparent to the users. Once you've found read the documentation, feel free to drop me a line if you have any more questions. (If it's obvious to me that you didn't read the docs, I might not respond. :-) -Jonathan Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Removing Samba+LDAP, replacing W2k3+AD
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Collins, Kevin wrote: So my question is this: Can I bring up a Windows 2k3 machine as a member server in the Samba domain. Promote it to become an AD Domain Controller in mixed mode - retaining the domain SID, user and machine accounts and such so that I do not have to touch my workstations? Nope. Sorry. cheers, jerry = Samba--- http://www.samba.org Centeris --- http://www.centeris.com What man is a man who does not make the world better? --Balian -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEjrhKIR7qMdg1EfYRAhx+AKCx2qY6joftcfChbLB+0FDMrptf7gCffdP2 7VxkIcxUiJtahl0HKHpsTRw= =v4vS -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Removing Samba+LDAP, replacing W2k3+AD
Collins, Kevin wrote: Four years ago, I migrated our network from Windows NT based servers to Linux, Samba+LDAP based setups. This setup has worked fine. Last year, we replaced our Exchange 5.5 server - the last real Windows server - with Scalix. This last decision has come back to bite me. Several new thingys that the boss wants, among other things, are forcing me to implement Exchange 2003. Because I know that Exchange 2003 requires AD and my company has three offices separated by a WAN, I'm going to be forced to rip out my Samba underpinnings. The fact is, I don't know the best way to accomplish this. I know the one way that this will work is to bring up an AD domain beside the Samba domain and move things around by hand - but that is going to cause a unbelievable nightmare with user profiles, and machine accounts, and all the other crap that goes along with being part of a domain. So my question is this: Can I bring up a Windows 2k3 machine as a member server in the Samba domain. Promote it to become an AD Domain Controller in mixed mode - retaining the domain SID, user and machine accounts and such so that I do not have to touch my workstations? I really curious what features of Exchange 2003 you have to have. We started with Exchange 5.5, migrated to Oracle Collaboration Suite. Threw that out and now use E-Groupware for collaboration with LDAP and Samba for the rest. We also use open source for our phone system so integrating it all together hasn't been bad. Hate to see someone go the other direction :) Mark -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Removing Samba+LDAP, replacing W2k3+AD
Hi Collins, I think you can do this but it would be easier if you try to upgrade a windows server instead of install a windows server. I will explain: - samba server is compatible with windows NT 4 domain, so install a windows NT 4 BDC in your samba domain - with thi done, tested and approved - upgrade this windows NT 4 BDC to windows 2003 domain controller. I think that if you try to install windows 2003 as a domain controller of your samba's domain you will get problem when w2k3 starts the syncronization process and try to copy/replicate the domain objects. Marcos --- Collins, Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: Four years ago, I migrated our network from Windows NT based servers to Linux, Samba+LDAP based setups. This setup has worked fine. Last year, we replaced our Exchange 5.5 server - the last real Windows server - with Scalix. This last decision has come back to bite me. Several new thingys that the boss wants, among other things, are forcing me to implement Exchange 2003. Because I know that Exchange 2003 requires AD and my company has three offices separated by a WAN, I'm going to be forced to rip out my Samba underpinnings. The fact is, I don't know the best way to accomplish this. I know the one way that this will work is to bring up an AD domain beside the Samba domain and move things around by hand - but that is going to cause a unbelievable nightmare with user profiles, and machine accounts, and all the other crap that goes along with being part of a domain. So my question is this: Can I bring up a Windows 2k3 machine as a member server in the Samba domain. Promote it to become an AD Domain Controller in mixed mode - retaining the domain SID, user and machine accounts and such so that I do not have to touch my workstations? -- Kevin L. Collins, MCSE Systems Manager Nesbitt Engineering, Inc. Please note my new email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba __ Fale com seus amigos de graça com o novo Yahoo! Messenger http://br.messenger.yahoo.com/ -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Removing Samba+LDAP, replacing W2k3+AD
On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 15:24 +, marcos rocha wrote: Hi Collins, I think you can do this but it would be easier if you try to upgrade a windows server instead of install a windows server. I will explain: - samba server is compatible with windows NT 4 domain, so install a windows NT 4 BDC in your samba domain This will not work, samba3 does not support native NT4 replication mechanism unfortunately, so an NT4 BDC will not help you out. Simo. -- Simo Sorce Samba Team GPL Compliance Officer email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://samba.org -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Removing Samba+LDAP, replacing W2k3+AD
Collins, Kevin wrote: Four years ago, I migrated our network from Windows NT based servers to Linux, Samba+LDAP based setups. This setup has worked fine. Last year, we replaced our Exchange 5.5 server - the last real Windows server - with Scalix. This last decision has come back to bite me. You may find it is more cost justified to replace Scalix with some other opensource exchange. I can't find my reference links right now, but there have lately been breakthroughs in compatibility from multiple organizations. Regards, Doug -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Removing Samba+LDAP, replacing W2k3+AD
Regarding Scalix have you looked at PostPath? Cheers, Henrik 13 jun 2006 kl. 19:29 skrev Doug VanLeuven: Collins, Kevin wrote: Four years ago, I migrated our network from Windows NT based servers to Linux, Samba+LDAP based setups. This setup has worked fine. Last year, we replaced our Exchange 5.5 server - the last real Windows server - with Scalix. This last decision has come back to bite me. You may find it is more cost justified to replace Scalix with some other opensource exchange. I can't find my reference links right now, but there have lately been breakthroughs in compatibility from multiple organizations. Regards, Doug -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
