[Samba] Samba members in NT4.0 to AD upgrade
Michael Gasch
michael.gasch at eva.mpg.de
Thu Feb 8 19:24:55 GMT 2007
hi,
i never did this (so far), but:
> 1. Are there any gotchas with this scenario or will
> the Samba clients
> just keep working as NT4-esque clients.
if you use mixed-mode (incl. PDC emulator) you should be able to
continue running samba with security = domain
> 2. Is it possible to "upgrade" a Samba member server
> to be an Active
> Directory client whilst retaining the user entries for
> file shares etc.
> (i.e. so the SIDs still match).
a member server does not contain a SID-backend. do you mean
SID2UID-mappings? which IDMAP backend do you use?
may be you can post your results after you migrated successfully?!?!
micha
Leon Stringer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've got an NT4.0 domain that I'm planning to upgrade
> to Active Directory.
> I've got a couple of Samba member servers in the
> domain, various versions above 3.0.
>
> So I have two questions:
>
> 1. Are there any gotchas with this scenario or will
> the Samba clients
> just keep working as NT4-esque clients.
>
> 2. Is it possible to "upgrade" a Samba member server
> to be an Active
> Directory client whilst retaining the user entries for
> file shares etc.
> (i.e. so the SIDs still match).
>
> Thanks in advance for any help,
>
> Leon...
>
>
>
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