ksun@ABINITIO.COM
2004-Dec-15 21:15 UTC
[Samba] can Same SID but different domain name coexit
Hello Can two PDC of different domain name but the same domain SID coexist in the same nework? We are running Windows 2000 AD/PDC, but we do not use any of the AD's features. We don;t run even roaming profiles. We would like to migrate everything to Samba NT4-style PDC. I can migrate as much information as possible to a Samba PDC, unfortunately, all 2000/XP clients cannot login to the domain unless they rejoin the domain (yes, they recognize the fact the domain controller is downgraded to pre-2000 style). My brief tests show that the machine SID won't change af rejoin to the domain. So current plan is to make every client rejoin the domain. Two questions: 1. Can I script to remotely rejoin every client machine (without walking to every machine and reboot it twice)? 2. We would like to have both server (2000 AD/PDC and Samba PDC) up at the same time so we can switch client machine from one server to another one by one or a few at a tme. Two PDCs of the same domain for sure confuse things. What about two different domain with the same domain SID. When the client join the domain, does it look for the domain name or the domain SID? Thank you for your help. -- Kang