[Samba] Replacing WinNT 4 PDC with Samba PDC

John H Terpstra jht at samba.org
Wed May 7 21:21:36 GMT 2003


On Wed, 7 May 2003, David Chait wrote:

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

Samba-2.2.x CAN act as a BDC to a Samba PDC. Samba-2.2.x and Samba-3.0.0
can not act as a BDC to an NT4 PDC.

Samba-3.0.0 will offer a facility to migrate all accounts off an NT4
Domain to a Samba Domain. You CAN with Samba-3.0.0 transparently replace
your PDC without having to reconfigure all workstations. Samba-3.0.0 is
nearing going into Beta (and out of Alpha) soon. We are working hard to
document this release VERY thouroughly.

- John T.

>
> ----- 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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John H Terpstra
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