[Samba] Profile migration again

[Gabriel D. Preston]

I downloaded the Samba 3.0alpha22cvs version today because I am having 
the same problem.  I did the ./configure, and the make, and found the 
'profiles' utility in the bin directory.  I then ran it against an 
ntuser.dat file that had been copied over to the Unix server from the 
Win2K machine.  This is the output I received:

root at file bin # ./profiles /home/gpreston/ntuser.dat
Registry file size: 364544
First Key Off: 32, Data Block Size: 360448
Next Off: 0, Prev Off: 4096
Type: 2c
SK Off    : 105374
Incorrect SK Header format: 00008AFC

Apparently something is wrong because it can't get a SID from the 
profilefile, so now I am unsure how to go about changing it to the new 
one.  Also, how do I determine a user's new SID on the new system?  I 
know their UID, this is in the smbusers and /etc/passwd file, but am 
unsure on how I determine their SID.  Any more help on the matter?

-Gabe Preston

John H Terpstra wrote:

>On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Erwin Zierler wrote:
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>>John H Terpstra jht at samba.org writes:
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>>>You see the NTUser.DAT file is keyed to the user's SID and the Domain SID
>>>of the NT4 environment in which they were created. You need to either use
>>>the NT4 procedure as documented in the resource kit for migrating the
>>>profile, something that Microsoft only supports within the one domain
>>>anyhow, or else use the profile editting tool that Richard Sharpe has
>>>provided and that is part of samba-3.0.0 that will appear in the next
>>>alpha. Meanwhile you could download the source from the CVS tree and
>>>compile it yourself. It is called profiles.c. It would be best to build
>>>samba-3.0.0 from the CVS tree as this tool is build automatically when you
>>>do it this way.
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>>I just compiled the latest snapshot but I can't figure out which program
>>is the one that I would want to use for editing profiles.
>>In source/profile/ I see profile.c and after the build I get only an object
>>file (profile.o) - so tried to grep all documents and sourcefiles for
>>something that gives me more info - but no luck.
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>Did you download the samba-3.0.0 CVS Code?
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>If so, you will find the executable (once you have done the 'make
>bin/profiles') in ~samba/source/utils. It will be called 'profiles' and
>will have been built from the profiles.c in that directory.
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>You will need to look at the documentation inside the profiles.c file
>until we can get man pages into the code tree.
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>>I must have missed it I guess, doesn't help that it's 5am either :-(
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>I guess I could have been clearer with my advice. :(
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>>Anyway, migrating 20 w2k workstations from an old NT 4.0 server to
>>samba 2.2.7a has cost me like 24 hours altogether now. I dont even
>>need the PDC functionality, I just dont want to reinstall all those
>>applications and settings on all those client machines ;-)
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>And I am sure you would like both legs amputated without anaesthetic!
>Right? :(
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>>I wonder if I really have to buy the MS Resource Kit to get the info that
>>is needed to successfully migrate those silly profiles. I figured what
>>I am trying to do is something that other samba admins have faced before?!
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>No, it is too late for you to benefit from the resource kit if you have
>already changed to the samba server.
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>No, you are NOT the first to have to deal with profile migration issues,
>that's why there is a migration tool now.
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>>Has anyone on this list done it? If yes, I'd really appreciate if you can
>>drop me a line.
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>If you really need a phone call email me your phone number to
><jht at samba.org> I'll call you to help.
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>- John T.
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