samba - May 2025 - Samba ADDC server migration

Hi everybody.

I would like to ask for your advice. I use old samba addc server and two slave
nodes synced by rsync ( one as a backup, second one at small company branch )
Samba is version 4.9.5 on debian 10.
I decided to install new devuan servers and I would like to migrate domain into
it and start some tests with Windows11. Is there some recommended approach?

I tested many ways, samba-tool backup, tar /var/lib/samba folder including acls,
... but I always stuck at problem with GPO synchronization by windows clients.
Error message says: It is not possible to read GPT.INI file from GPO {.......}
All permissions are correct and ntacls sysvolcheck is OK.
I searched for some info at internet, read samba wiki which is quite old, but
nothing worked for me.

Thank you very much for any advice.

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With best regards,
ladas

On Thu, 15 May 2025 10:31:46 +0200
ladas via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> Hi everybody.
> 
> I would like to ask for your advice. I use old samba addc server and
> two slave nodes synced by rsync ( one as a backup, second one at
> small company branch )
Before we get deeply involved here, can you please explain just what
you mean by 'slave node' and what you using rsync to sync.

Rowland