samba - Jun 2005 - Demote old NT4 PDC to member of Samba domain?

Hi,

When installing Samba, I made it a PDC in a new domain. Now I would like 
the old NT4 PDC in the old domain to become a plain host in my Samba 
domain. Is this possible? I need to keep the old NT4 machine because 
it's running the Symantec Corporate Edition NAV.

In other words, I have

NEWDOMAIN with Samba PDC and all clients
OLDDOMAIN with NT4 PDC alone, no client

Can my NT4 PDC become a plain client in NEWDOMAIN?

Thanks,

Mi

"Mi" <mi.lists@alma.ch> wrote in message
news:42AC2527.6050605@alma.ch...
> Hi,
>
> When installing Samba, I made it a PDC in a new domain. Now I would like
> the old NT4 PDC in the old domain to become a plain host in my Samba
> domain. Is this possible? I need to keep the old NT4 machine because
> it's running the Symantec Corporate Edition NAV.
>
> In other words, I have
>
> NEWDOMAIN with Samba PDC and all clients
> OLDDOMAIN with NT4 PDC alone, no client
>
> Can my NT4 PDC become a plain client in NEWDOMAIN?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mi
>
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Windows 2000 allows you to demote a domain controller to a member server.
You will need to reinstall an NT 4.0 domain controller to turn it into a
member server.

A member server can join a Samba domain just like any other machine.

I would recommend getting another machine and testing the entire process
before making changes to your production machine.

Mi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When installing Samba, I made it a PDC in a new domain. Now I would
> like the old NT4 PDC in the old domain to become a plain host in my
> Samba domain. Is this possible? I need to keep the old NT4 machine
> because it's running the Symantec Corporate Edition NAV.
>
> In other words, I have
>
> NEWDOMAIN with Samba PDC and all clients
> OLDDOMAIN with NT4 PDC alone, no client
>
> Can my NT4 PDC become a plain client in NEWDOMAIN?
yes it can.  I have done this (and more) with a 3rd-party tool called
UPromote.  It saved me a lot of face, about 5 years ago.  When I
realized that I would have to rebuild a PDC to become a member server,
at about 2 am, for the next day,  I refused to believe it.  And under
the conditions of the time, I was happy to pay the price they were
asking.  I've used it a number of times since, always without fail.  Of
course a backup (like a ghost image) is always a good idea before starting.

http://utools.com/UPromote.asp

Cheers!
d.

There is a tool called uPromote, which should handle such a case. It is
payware though.

regards

> Hi,
>
> When installing Samba, I made it a PDC in a new domain. Now I would like
> the old NT4 PDC in the old domain to become a plain host in my Samba
> domain. Is this possible? I need to keep the old NT4 machine because
> it's running the Symantec Corporate Edition NAV.
>
> In other words, I have
>
> NEWDOMAIN with Samba PDC and all clients
> OLDDOMAIN with NT4 PDC alone, no client
>
> Can my NT4 PDC become a plain client in NEWDOMAIN?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mi
>
>
>