samba - Feb 2004 - Can someone verify my checklist?

Hi guys,

Here's what I'm doing:
Upgrading fro Samba 2.2.8a to Samba 3.0.2a
Simultaneously migrating to a new server.

My checklist:   << (*)=done , (-) = remaining >>
* Download and install Samba 3.0.2a on the new server
* Clone (by hand) hostname, sldapd, nssswitch
* Hand edit new smb.conf to match the old config.
* Export ldif file from old LDAP db
* Dump old Domain SID using smbpassword -X
* Convert ldif using "ConvertSambaAccount --sid "
* Start new LDAP server and import new ldif file.
- Stop old server and copy all home directories to new server.
- Start new Samba Server and test..

I am hoping that cloning the SID and keeping the same server name that
my 65 Windows clients will not know the difference and everything will
be transparent.  I definitely want to avoid new profile creation, you
know?  Can anyone confirm that I have not forgotten anything? 

Thanks in advance..

-- 
Scott Phelps

Linux: "$ su - root"  -->  Windows: (reboot)


-- 
Scott Phelps
Regional IT Manager
Ridgway's, LTD.
5001 Cleveland Street
Virginia Beach, VA  23462
757-490-2305
 
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Linux: "$ su - root"  -->  Windows: (reboot)

On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 04:17, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> The blank password is the default password when "automatically"
joining
> the domain. The preferred mechanism is to join interactively using an
> administrator account and this will automatically create the machine 
> accounts when joining the domain.
this is no fun when you're installing a large number of machines.

I used to use ghost to handle this - but it doesn't work after 3.0.1.

Once could probably use sysprep to do the domain join but that has the
serious drawback (for me) of requiring either a config floppy for each
machine or a random machine name.

brad