[Samba] Replacing WinNT 4 PDC with Samba PDC

[David Chait]

Samba cannot act as a BDC, at least it couldn't last I checked.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Gapinski" <DanGapinski at qsi-r2.com>
To: "Collins, Kevin" <KCollins at nesbittengineering.com>;
<samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Samba] Replacing WinNT 4 PDC with Samba PDC


> BTW,
>
> were you looking for a drop-in replacement for your current PDC? That
might
> require some doing. Like making it slave as a BDC before promoting it to a
> PDC, and I have not tried that, & don't know if its possible. The docs
might
> though.
>
> Dan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Collins, Kevin" <KCollins at nesbittengineering.com>
> To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 3:33 PM
> Subject: [Samba] Replacing WinNT 4 PDC with Samba PDC
>
>
> > Hi All!
> >
> > Thanks to all of you that responded to my previous posts.  I've gotten a
> lot
> > more info now than I used to have!
> >
> > But I still have questions.  The biggest right now is:  Is there a way
> build
> > up a Samba PDC as a direct replacement for an existing Windows NT 4.0
PDC?
> >
> > All the material I've found to date is written from a standpoint of
> creating
> > a new domain as you create the Samba machine.  This maybe what I have to
> do
> > in the end, but I would like to avoid it if possible.
> >
> > If there is a way, can someone point me to the right place for the
> > HOWTO/Documentation?  As of right now, I'm not looking for an LDAP
> solution,
> > but if that's what it takes, then that's where I'll go.  For what it's
> > worth, the setup will be on Red Hat's "ES" Server (with I think is RH
7.3
> > based) and Samba 2.2.8.
> >
> > Why do I need this?  Because I have an existing Exchange Server with a
4GB
> > Information Store that I would have to rebuild as well - not a pretty
> > picture.  If I can build the Samba PDC as a replacement for the existing
> > PDC, that's would what I'd like to do.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Kevin L. Collins, MCSE
> > Systems Manager
> > Nesbitt Engineering, Inc.
> >
> > (859) 233-3111 x24
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