[Samba] Migrating to new hardware

[Robert Adkins II]

Yeah, my plan is to scoot over the netlogin and the profiles directories as
well (and all of the data currently shared on the fileserver too).

Thanks.

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Regards,
Robert Adkins II

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> [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Gaiseric Vandal
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 10:07 AM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Migrating to new hardware
> 
> Run "testparm -v" -  you will probably want to copy over the 
> /var/samba/locks directory
> 
>         lock directory = /var/samba/locks
>         state directory = /var/samba/locks
>         cache directory = /var/samba/locks
>         pid directory = /var/samba/locks
> 
> 
> You also want to make sure your netlogon and profile 
> directories are replicated.
> 
> I ran into some issues migrating from 3.0.x to 3.4.x.  I am 
> not sure if these changes are already in placed in 3.2.x.  In 
> 3.4.x. I needed to explicitly defined a unix "nobody" user.
> 
>         guest account = smb_nobody
>    
> 
> I also had to explicitly grant admin perms to the domain 
> admins group so that they had sufficient privileges on local 
> PC's.  But I think I had made some error somewhere else, so I 
> don't think you will encounter this.
> 
> I have an ldap backend, and I found with 3.4.x or 3.5.x. that 
> joining the machine to the domain had some issues relating to 
> ldap attributes being created or set properly. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 06/04/12 09:30, Robert Adkins II wrote:
> > I'm looking for confirmation that what I am about to do will work.
> >  
> > My intent is to decommission the existing Samba PDC 
> hardware and put 
> > in its place the new hardware. I intend on having the users see no 
> > difference, in terms of what they have/had and will 
> continue to have available.
> >  
> > Right now I will be copying everything from the /etc/samba 
> directory 
> > into the same on the new server, moving from Samba 3.2x to 
> Samba 3.6x
> >  
> > I also intend on copying over the passwd, shadow and group files.
> >  
> > Am I missing anything?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> 
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