Yeah, my plan is to scoot over the netlogin and the profiles directories as well (and all of the data currently shared on the fileserver too).
Thanks. -- Regards, Robert Adkins II > -----Original Message----- > From: samba-boun...@lists.samba.org > [mailto:samba-boun...@lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Gaiseric Vandal > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 10:07 AM > To: samba@lists.samba.org > Subject: Re: [Samba] Migrating to new hardware > > Run "testparm -v" - you will probably want to copy over the > /var/samba/locks directory > > lock directory = /var/samba/locks > state directory = /var/samba/locks > cache directory = /var/samba/locks > pid directory = /var/samba/locks > > > You also want to make sure your netlogon and profile > directories are replicated. > > I ran into some issues migrating from 3.0.x to 3.4.x. I am > not sure if these changes are already in placed in 3.2.x. In > 3.4.x. I needed to explicitly defined a unix "nobody" user. > > guest account = smb_nobody > > > I also had to explicitly grant admin perms to the domain > admins group so that they had sufficient privileges on local > PC's. But I think I had made some error somewhere else, so I > don't think you will encounter this. > > I have an ldap backend, and I found with 3.4.x or 3.5.x. that > joining the machine to the domain had some issues relating to > ldap attributes being created or set properly. > > > > > > > > On 06/04/12 09:30, Robert Adkins II wrote: > > I'm looking for confirmation that what I am about to do will work. > > > > My intent is to decommission the existing Samba PDC > hardware and put > > in its place the new hardware. I intend on having the users see no > > difference, in terms of what they have/had and will > continue to have available. > > > > Right now I will be copying everything from the /etc/samba > directory > > into the same on the new server, moving from Samba 3.2x to > Samba 3.6x > > > > I also intend on copying over the passwd, shadow and group files. > > > > Am I missing anything? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba