[Samba] Replacing WinNT 4 PDC with Samba PDC

[tech mail]

bit baffeld as to your statement about:
Samba-2.2.x and Samba-3.0.0 can not act as a BDC to an NT4 PDC

maybe we are just on a different page, but with winbind, arent you able to
grab the user database from a remote NT4 PDC?? and then authenticate off
that?  which would then be a BDC (for authentication puposes at least)

please correct me where I am wrong, or where there may be miscommunication

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John H Terpstra [mailto:jht at samba.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 4:22 PM
> To: David Chait
> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org; Dan Gapinski; Collins, Kevin
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Replacing WinNT 4 PDC with Samba PDC
> 
> 
> 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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