samba - Mar 2005 - Reinstallation of a samba server

Hello together,

i'm running samba 2 on a red hat system. This system is not very stable, 
so we want to reinstall it completely. We are using samba as a domain 
controller for the windows client. My question. What happens to the 
local user profile folders on every client if i setup a new samba server 
(naming the Domain and users as in the old system)? Of course we want to 
keep all data in the profile folders intact (i.e. mozilla mail folder 
and so on). Can this be done without problem?

Timo

Timo Haberkern wrote:
> Hello together,
> 
> i'm running samba 2 on a red hat system. This system is not very
stable,
> so we want to reinstall it completely. We are using samba as a domain 
> controller for the windows client. My question. What happens to the 
> local user profile folders on every client if i setup a new samba server 
> (naming the Domain and users as in the old system)? Of course we want to 
> keep all data in the profile folders intact (i.e. mozilla mail folder 
> and so on). Can this be done without problem?
> 
> Timo
Just copy it over to the new machine.
As i do presume your folders have the names of the users,
perhaps run a little script "chowning" the folders to the new users,
as they probably have different UID?s on the new server.
After all, Data is Data, only issue could be the rigths management.

Cheers,
Alex