[Samba] Moving Domains - profiles question

[Dermot]

Well the MS Outlook profiles didn't migrate smoothly. I am re-creating
them but I suspect there is an easier way to move them.

Thanks,
Dermot.

On 12 August 2011 15:26, Dermot <paikkos at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Aaron,
>
> I throwing myself at it as I write. What I thought I'd do is copy all
> the profile except the user.dat. The old user.dat will be there so if
> there are problems I can retrieve it.
>
> fingers crossed.
> Dermot.
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> On 12 August 2011 13:51, Aaron E. <ssureshot at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm gong to go out on a limb here and say the process will need tested on
>> your end. In my experience what has worked for one site has not worked for
>> another.
>>
>> It is all about getting the procedure right for your site. That being said
>> the procedure you linked usually works pretty well when dealing with local
>> profiles, I have found it doesn't work all that great with roaming profiles
>> but, what does work well with roaming profiles?
>>
>> I usually clean out all the temp files/cookies and any items you can clean
>> up before the transfer of profiles but that's just my preference..
>>
>>
>>
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>> On 08/11/2011 12:03 PM, Dermot wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have an existing WinNT domain and, after some labour, a new Samba3x
>>> domain. I created the Samba domain with a different name because the
>>> WinNT domain name wasn't appropriate. I have about 40 users. Their
>>> accounts have been added to the new domain. I'm almost ready to shift
>>> everyone to the new domain but I am a bit concerned about the user's
>>> profiles. These are local profiles. I want this domain move to be
>>> transparent to the users so I need to copy or move the individual
>>> profiles. I've seen this procedure for copying a profile
>>>
>>> (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sysdm_userprofile_copy.mspx?mfr=true)
>>>
>>> What I'm concerned about is if I move the profile wholesale into the
>>> new path, keys in the old user.dat might conflict with the new domain.
>>> Does anyone have any experience of this type of migration that can
>>> offer any advice?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Dermot.
>>
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