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Hello, New_server - Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS (recently updated from Breezy) w/Samba 3.0.22-lubuntu3.6 Old_server - RedHat 8 w/Samba 2.2.5-10 - yes, I know this is old - usually when something works I try not to mess with it. The RedHat server is functioning as the PDC for this network. Prior to upgrading the New_server everything was working fine - shares on New_server were accessible just as they shou...

...o migrate the users from old system to the new system! I read through the official Samba HOWTOS and googled, but no useful concept of migration found. At the weekend I tested the following concept: - Configure the new server as BDC for the old server => Join the domain: "net rpc join -S OLD_SERVER -w DOMNAME -U Administrator%passwd" => Get the local SID with: "net rcp getsid" => Sync the old /var/lib/samba with the new /var/lib/samba => Sync the shared data and profiles => Sync /etc/passwd /etc/samba/smbpasswd /etc/group (Note: I decided to set up a defau...

Hello, I have an imap server with huge Maildirs and several users running dovecot 1.0.13, I need to migrate all the imap accounts to a new box which runs dovecot 1.1.4. The requisite is that need to do it with no downtime or minimal downtime possible, and totally transparent for end users. I have tried IMAP<-->IMAP syncing using a master user in both servers and imapsync, however due

...9;User Profiles'. Select a user profile you want to migrate and click on it. In my case user profiles are labelled PCxx\username (xx were numbers from 01 to 26). Click on 'Copy To' and in the following box labelled 'Copy Profile to' enter the path to the temporary folder (i.e. \\old_server\temp_profiles). Make sure you also click on the button labelled 'Change' in the 'Permitted to use' box and add the group 'everyone'. If you skip this step chances are high that certain programs wont work later. Click 'OK' to save the user profile on the server (or...