[Samba] How to move a samba PDC to a diffrent box

[John Drescher]

> Sorry to bother you.  I hope you can help me with my issue.
>
Always cc to the list as well.

> We have a domain with more than 100 users and we need to replace our PDC.
> The PDC main function is to authenticate our users to connect to the shared
> drive and to authenticate computer login.  The PDC is running samba with
> openldap on Gentoo machine.  I have two BDCs with ACL set to read and write
> only.  It was set that way to make the syncing process easier.  The syncing
> process is like a chain using slurpd.  We plan to use "syncrepl" later.
>
> What is the best way to do to replace the PDC?  I already have a Gentoo
> machine up and running.  I copied over all the samba and openldap files from
> the old PDC to this new machine.  I also exported the database by running
> the "slapcat -l" command.  I am hesitant to start the slapd, slurpd and
> samba service as I am not so sure if I am doing the right thing.
>
Disconnect the network cable on the new machine to make sure you are
not interfering with the rest of the network.
Start slapd then use slapadd to add your ldap to the database. Use
slapcat to verify that all was added and the ldif looks correct. Then
start samba and see if the smbclient can connect to itself.

Is the old machine the same name as the new? How about the ipddress?
Are you using wins, lmhosts or dns for your clinets to find the pdc?

BTW, I have to cut this a lot shorter than I want but I am very busy
at the day job and if I do not get my tasks done several new users
will not have a pc on Monday.

John