[Samba] Samba members in NT4.0 to AD upgrade

[Michael Gasch]

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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