[Samba] Technical questions on AD and NT4

[Rowland penny]

On 17/07/2020 18:29, RhineDevil wrote:
> Thu, 16 Jul 2020 08:15:06 +0100 Rowland penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org>:
>> On 15/07/2020 22:17, RhineDevil wrote:
>>> Wed, 15 Jul 2020 21:49:12 +0100 Rowland penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org>:
>>>> On 15/07/2020 21:30, RhineDevil wrote:
>>>>> Wed, 15 Jul 2020 21:08:44 +0100 Rowland penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Just a brief explaination, I need to know what fields are different and how to reproduce them if I choose to... let's SUPPOSE
>>>>> Migrate data from /etc/passwd and /etc/group files
>>>>> It would be nice knowing for ex if old sambaSID and new objectSID are the same thing, because I already know (from smbldap tools) how to calculate it
>>>> Well, a SID is just a SID, but you do not calculate an objectSID, AD
>>>> does this for you from the domain SID and the next available RID
>>> Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. Since it would be an import from /etc flat files it won't be just as easy as typing `samba-tool user create $user`, transferring rfc2037 NIS data (including loginShell, uidNumber, gidNumber, homeDirectory etc) will be needed as well
>> Who is Dave ?
>>
>> Never mind, can I introduce to the 'samba-tool domain classicupgrade'
>> command, see here:
>>
>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Migrating_a_Samba_NT4_Domain_to_Samba_AD_(Classic_Upgrade)
>>
>> Rowland (definitely not Dave)
> It's a citation from 2001 space odissey
> HAL9000 etc

Well yes, I know about that 'Dave', I can remember watching the film 
when it was new, I still don't really understand it ;-)

But why refer to me as 'Dave' ? it isn't my name.

Rowland (which is my name)