[Samba] Move Samba to another server

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 22:15 +0200, Kit Gerrits wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am intending to install a new server and migrate all my data to it (the
> server was severely underpowered and the O/S needed to be upgraded anyway).
> 
> Now, I need to move the user database and Samba Server.
> 
> I can easily move the data and (kinda) re-create the users, but I don't know
> what data needs to be migrated to the new server?
> It would be nice to migrate things like Profiles, et al.
> Would it be better to create a new domain or should I build the new server
> next to the old one.

The best option is to copy the whole lot - every Samba TDB (but
particularly secrets.tdb, passdb.tdb), every user directory, as well as
the system user database (if using /etc/passwd, just the non-system
entries).

If you are a DC, then it should just 'drop in', once you get the users
back in place.

Andrew Bartlett

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Andrew Bartlett                                http://samba.org/~abartlet/
Samba Developer, SuSE Labs, Novell Inc.        http://suse.de
Authentication Developer, Samba Team           http://samba.org
Student Network Administrator, Hawker College  http://hawkerc.net
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