Lionel, The best writeup on the Web I know of is at http://freebooks.by.ru/view/SambaIn24h/ch12.htm
The fact that the PDC will remain on Windows means the users and groups will remain on Windows. So you will need to use winbind to authenticate. The trick is in migrating the data and the issue of migrating the ACLs tied to the files/folders on Windows to Linux. I've heard robocopy (part of the Windows resource kit) and preferably xxcopy (just google, there's a trial/shareware version for free) copy recursively and copy ACLs, so the basic model would be set up your big logical volumes and test (I'd recommend ext3 file systems - you'll need the "acl" parm in fstab), set up Samba+winbind and test, get SMB mounts from the Windows servers and recursively copy. Hope this helps. -Mike MacIsaac, IBM mikemac at us.ibm.com (845) 433-7061 Lionel Dyck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 06/12/2003 11:49:36 AM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: [LINUX-390] Migration of File Server from Windows to Linux/Samba Does anyone have any notes or a document that describes the steps in migrating users from a windows file server(s) to linux/samba? The PDC will remain on windows. thx -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 Phone: (925) 926-5332 (tie line 8/473-5332) E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sametime: (use Lotus Notes address) AIM: lbdyck