Balbino Brito wrote:

> Hello everyone.
>
> I currently have a Samba PDC (TEMPORARY) configured and it´s working, but
> I have to transfer the configuration to another (NEWSERVER) Linux Server,
> with more processor, ram and HDD.
>
> I copied the smb.conf from the TEMPORARY server to my NEWSERVER server,
> also i created on NEWSERVER the machine accounts that were created on the
> TEMPORARY server, and after that i stopped the smb service on TEMPORARY
> and started the smb service on NEWSERVER.
>
> The problem is that I have Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP
> workstations, and when i tried with the first workstation (Windows 2000)
> to login, Windows says that the PDC for the domain is down.
>
> Now the question is:
>
> What else should I have to do in order to the Windows 2000 Professional
> workstation recognizes the new PDC Server, without changing the Windows
> 2000 to Workgroup and again to Domain. (I don´t want to do it this way
> because Windows 2000 creates a new profile for the "new" domain, and i
> lose all the settings, data and stuff. Well, not lose, misplaced)
>
You have to copy at least the "secrets.tdb" file which contains the domain
sid upon which windowsnt/2k/xp rely. In addition, copy over your smbpasswd
file or the passdb.tdb.
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Hello Walter

I will try that on Friday and let you know how it worked.

Thanks a lot for taking the time to answer

Balbino

"Walter Mautner" escribió en el
mensaje news:hted02-2jp.ln1@ID-104681.user.uni-berlin.de...
> Balbino Brito wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone.
> >
> > I currently have a Samba PDC (TEMPORARY) configured and it´s working,
but
> > I have to transfer the configuration to another (NEWSERVER) Linux
Server,
> > with more processor, ram and HDD.
> >
> > I copied the smb.conf from the TEMPORARY server to my NEWSERVER server,
> > also i created on NEWSERVER the machine accounts that were created on
the
> > TEMPORARY server, and after that i stopped the smb service on TEMPORARY
> > and started the smb service on NEWSERVER.
> >
> > The problem is that I have Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP
> > workstations, and when i tried with the first workstation (Windows 2000)
> > to login, Windows says that the PDC for the domain is down.
> >
> > Now the question is:
> >
> > What else should I have to do in order to the Windows 2000 Professional
> > workstation recognizes the new PDC Server, without changing the Windows
> > 2000 to Workgroup and again to Domain. (I don´t want to do it this way
> > because Windows 2000 creates a new profile for the "new" domain, and i
> > lose all the settings, data and stuff. Well, not lose, misplaced)
> >
> You have to copy at least the "secrets.tdb" file which contains the domain
> sid upon which windowsnt/2k/xp rely. In addition, copy over your smbpasswd
> file or the passdb.tdb.
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> detected penguin patterns on mousepad. Partition scan in progress
> to remove offending incompatible products. Reactivate your MS software.
> Linux woodpecker.homnet.at 2.6.8reiser4pkt [LinuxCounter#295241]

Hello Walter

Sorry for the delay on the answer, but YES!!!. It worked...

I also had to change the unix user number in order to sync it right.

Thanks a lot for your help

Balbino

"Walter Mautner" escribió en el
mensaje news:hted02-2jp.ln1@ID-104681.user.uni-berlin.de...
> Balbino Brito wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone.
> >
> > I currently have a Samba PDC (TEMPORARY) configured and it´s working,
but
> > I have to transfer the configuration to another (NEWSERVER) Linux
Server,
> > with more processor, ram and HDD.
> >
> > I copied the smb.conf from the TEMPORARY server to my NEWSERVER server,
> > also i created on NEWSERVER the machine accounts that were created on
the
> > TEMPORARY server, and after that i stopped the smb service on TEMPORARY
> > and started the smb service on NEWSERVER.
> >
> > The problem is that I have Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP
> > workstations, and when i tried with the first workstation (Windows 2000)
> > to login, Windows says that the PDC for the domain is down.
> >
> > Now the question is:
> >
> > What else should I have to do in order to the Windows 2000 Professional
> > workstation recognizes the new PDC Server, without changing the Windows
> > 2000 to Workgroup and again to Domain. (I don´t want to do it this way
> > because Windows 2000 creates a new profile for the "new" domain, and i
> > lose all the settings, data and stuff. Well, not lose, misplaced)
> >
> You have to copy at least the "secrets.tdb" file which contains the domain
> sid upon which windowsnt/2k/xp rely. In addition, copy over your smbpasswd
> file or the passdb.tdb.
> --
> Longhorn error#4711: TCPA / NGSCB VIOLATION: Microsoft optical mouse
> detected penguin patterns on mousepad. Partition scan in progress
> to remove offending incompatible products. Reactivate your MS software.
> Linux woodpecker.homnet.at 2.6.8reiser4pkt [LinuxCounter#295241]

Balbino Brito wrote:

> Hello Walter
>
> Sorry for the delay on the answer, but YES!!!. It worked...
>
> I also had to change the unix user number in order to sync it right.
>
Ah yes, because samba uses the uids from /etc/passwd, if not another
authorization schema (ldap ...) does provide them. So smbpasswd or
passdb.tdb rely on correct matches

It's a lot easier to move a samba server then a windows pdc.
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