[Samba] Samba Domain Rename

[Matthieu Patou]

On 07/03/2013 06:17 AM, Sandeep Kumar wrote:
> Hi Ricky,
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> Thanks for sharing your opinion
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> @samba Technical – can you please give me a final Yes or No on this because
> no one knows more than you guys

The final response is we don't know. Use the Microsoft migration tool on 
a clone of your environment and see what breaks.
If you are willing to spend sometime on it we might be able to get it 
working after a couple of try/fail cycle.

Matthieu.
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> Thanks,
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> Sandeep
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> *From:* Ricky Nance [mailto:ricky.nance at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 02 July 2013 20:37
> *To:* Sandeep Kumar
> *Cc:* Frostyfrog; Michael Wood; Samba Technical; samba at lists.samba.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Samba] Samba Domain Rename
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> Like Michael said, samba 4 as an AD DC would probably not be happy if you
> just change the 'workgroup = ' line in your smb.conf (as a matter of fact,
> that line shouldn't exist in a AD DC setup in my opinion) the domain is
> more than likely embedded very deep inside of the LDB's, and I would
> strongly recommend against changing those, however, with sufficient backups
> and lots of luck you might be successful in changing it (look into
> ldbsearch and ldbedit if you are really REALLY brave). I think even
> changing every instance in the LDB's  however will still not work, as
> during provision the machine joins itself to the domain (yes it joins
> itself to itself if I recall right). I would try to avoid this at all
> costs, but if you must do it, starting over may be your best option.
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> Just my thoughts,
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> Ricky
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