samba - Jan 2003 - NT PDC to Samba PDC migration

Hi all,

I read a few posts a while back from people who were trying to get this
done.

Has anyone succeeded in doing a transparent (or an
as-close-to-as-possible) migration of an NT4 PDC to a Samba PDC?

I know it entails stuff like snatching the passwords with pwdump or the
like, and importing them into smbpasswd/LDAP, and toying around with
RID's/SID's for the new PDC to make it look just like the old PDC.

I also remember there were issues with existing roaming profiles.

Can anyone offer refreshers?

Best

Diego

On January 27, lrivera@racsa.co.cr said:
> Has anyone succeeded in doing a transparent (or an
> as-close-to-as-possible) migration of an NT4 PDC to a Samba PDC?
Yes, search the archives for the procedure I posted on Nov 25 or
thereabouts.

The only "problem" as such is that if you need to keep the PDC around,
you have to disable the netlogon service on it to stop it trying to
become the PDC again. That or rebuild it from scratch as a regular
server (non-DC).

Cheers,
Waider.
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