----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond Norton" <admin at lctn.org> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 14:39:17 -0500 To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Subject: [TCLUG] migration > We had been happily running a Samba box as a PDC for the last year or so at > a school district I service. The decision has been made to move to a Windows > 2003 Terminal Server solution, and it must be running in the next three > weeks. I originally was hoping I could some how leave our samba PDC in tact > and add the four new windows 2003 servers to it, but I am not getting the > answers I need on this, and from what I can tell it would be hard to beat > the Windows 2003 Enterprise edition for running the new Terminal server > farm. That being the case, I need to find a way to export all current samba > user names, folders, etc... from the Linux box, and bring it back into the > windows box, and associate usernames with matching home directories. Can't you set up an NT machine as a bdc, then promote it, then install your win 2003 servers and join them to the nt domain. As far as the data migration there are some utilities that can copy from a smb drive to another smb drive while keeping the permissions. I think a product (shareware) called second copy can do it, otherwise I know IDEM will http://peccatte.karefil.com/Software/Idem/idemhelpeng.htm > Is there a good doc on this that will make it a simple procedure? > > > Raymond Norton > LCTN > admin at lctn.org > > > To Infinity and beyond! > > --Buzz Lightyear -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list