[Samba] move the samba pdc to new box

[Ed Holden]

Sen,

I actually did this during my testing phase a year ago and it was pretty 
straightforward - a LOT easier than moving the PDC on NT.  I just kept 
everything in /etc/samba identical on both machines, and also made sure 
I had all the accounts in /etc/passwd set up identically (this includes 
machine accounts, so it's important).  I took the network cable from the 
old box and moved it to the new one, and my clients had no idea anything 
had changed.  Granted it was a new system so I only had one test client, 
but I was still mildly impressed with the server's portability.

In my case the new server replaced the old one, so the IP address and 
DNS hostname were unchanged.  Your case might be different.  If the 
hostname, IP address or NetBIOS name changes I'm nos sure what would 
happen, but someone else on this list might.

-Ed

senthil wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I am running samba 2.2xx as a PDC. I am planning to move this PDC to a new 
> and stable box running rh 8.0. Can anyone please advise me how to move the 
> PDC to a new box keeping the same settings like the user accounts and even 
> the unix SID and things like that .. Can any one guide me to some howto 
> which can help me .. ?  please ..
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sen
> 
> 



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