Hi, I've got an NT4.0 domain that I'm planning to upgrade to Active Directory. I've got a couple of Samba member servers in the domain, various versions above 3.0. So I have two questions: 1. Are there any gotchas with this scenario or will the Samba clients just keep working as NT4-esque clients. 2. Is it possible to "upgrade" a Samba member server to be an Active Directory client whilst retaining the user entries for file shares etc. (i.e. so the SIDs still match). Thanks in advance for any help, Leon... ___________________________________________________________ Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
hi, i never did this (so far), but:> 1. Are there any gotchas with this scenario or will > the Samba clients > just keep working as NT4-esque clients.if you use mixed-mode (incl. PDC emulator) you should be able to continue running samba with security = domain> 2. Is it possible to "upgrade" a Samba member server > to be an Active > Directory client whilst retaining the user entries for > file shares etc. > (i.e. so the SIDs still match).a member server does not contain a SID-backend. do you mean SID2UID-mappings? which IDMAP backend do you use? may be you can post your results after you migrated successfully?!?! micha Leon Stringer wrote:> Hi, > > I've got an NT4.0 domain that I'm planning to upgrade > to Active Directory. > I've got a couple of Samba member servers in the > domain, various versions above 3.0. > > So I have two questions: > > 1. Are there any gotchas with this scenario or will > the Samba clients > just keep working as NT4-esque clients. > > 2. Is it possible to "upgrade" a Samba member server > to be an Active > Directory client whilst retaining the user entries for > file shares etc. > (i.e. so the SIDs still match). > > Thanks in advance for any help, > > Leon... > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
hi, i never did this (so far), but: > 1. Are there any gotchas with this scenario or will > the Samba clients > just keep working as NT4-esque clients. if you use mixed-mode (incl. PDC emulator) you should be able to continue running samba with security = domain > 2. Is it possible to "upgrade" a Samba member server > to be an Active > Directory client whilst retaining the user entries for > file shares etc. > (i.e. so the SIDs still match). a member server does not contain a SID-backend. do you mean SID2UID-mappings? which IDMAP backend do you use? may be you can post your results after you migrated successfully?!?! micha Leon Stringer wrote:> Hi, > > I've got an NT4.0 domain that I'm planning to upgrade > to Active Directory. > I've got a couple of Samba member servers in the > domain, various versions above 3.0. > > So I have two questions: > > 1. Are there any gotchas with this scenario or will > the Samba clients > just keep working as NT4-esque clients. > > 2. Is it possible to "upgrade" a Samba member server > to be an Active > Directory client whilst retaining the user entries for > file shares etc. > (i.e. so the SIDs still match). > > Thanks in advance for any help, > > Leon... > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html