samba - Feb 2006 - migrating samba PDC from one computer to another

Hi everyone,

I'm planning on moving out old Samba PDC from its old hardware to a 
completely new system. the old system will still be running with no 
changes except samba...

What files should I worry about moving besides the passwd and smbpasswd 
files?  Do I need to worry about the secrets.tdb file or any of the 
contents in /var/cache/samba ?

Thanks
Wm

William Reid wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm planning on moving out old Samba PDC from its old hardware to a 
> completely new system. the old system will still be running with no 
> changes except samba...
> 
> What files should I worry about moving besides the passwd and smbpasswd 
> files?  Do I need to worry about the secrets.tdb file or any of the 
> contents in /var/cache/samba ?
> 
> Thanks
> Wm
Most of the variations are covered here:

http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/upgrades.html#id2567617

Mark

Thanks after some reading I found a solution and am testing in a closed 
environment atm, my next question would be, Once this is done - and the 
Samba PDC is another host, what kind of impact will this have on clients?

Thanks
Wm


William Reid wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm planning on moving out old Samba PDC from its old hardware to a 
> completely new system. the old system will still be running with no 
> changes except samba...
> 
> What files should I worry about moving besides the passwd and smbpasswd 
> files?  Do I need to worry about the secrets.tdb file or any of the 
> contents in /var/cache/samba ?
> 
> Thanks
> Wm