RE: [Samba] Removing Samba+LDAP, replacing W2k3+AD

2006-06-14 Thread Jonathan Johnson
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

Re: [Samba] Removing Samba+LDAP, replacing W2k3+AD

2006-06-13 Thread Gerald (Jerry) Carter
-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

Re: [Samba] Removing Samba+LDAP, replacing W2k3+AD

2006-06-13 Thread Mark Johnson
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.

Re: [Samba] Removing Samba+LDAP, replacing W2k3+AD

2006-06-13 Thread marcos rocha
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 -

Re: [Samba] Removing Samba+LDAP, replacing W2k3+AD

2006-06-13 Thread simo
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

Re: [Samba] Removing Samba+LDAP, replacing W2k3+AD

2006-06-13 Thread 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.

Re: [Samba] Removing Samba+LDAP, replacing W2k3+AD

2006-06-13 Thread Henrik Zagerholm
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

[Samba] Removing Samba+LDAP, replacing W2k3+AD

2006-06-12 Thread Collins, Kevin
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