The user's profile is usually stored locally. If you log on as the same
user, you should get the same profile. The only time this wouldn't
happen was if Windows thought you were logging on a new user. It would
do this if your new server didn't have the same user database.
In other words, it's not sufficient to set up a new Samba server. You
also need to migrate the user account information. Since you are
currently using LDAP, that should be simple. Simply point your new Samba
server to use the same LDAP database that the current Samba server uses.
If you want to migrate to a different datastore (not use LDAP), do that
in a separate step. However, most people seem to prefer using LDAP. Once
you've got it working with Samba, why would you want to switch?
Peter Matulis wrote:
I have inherited a Samba server and would like to migrate the
installation to a new machine. We are using Samba as a PDC and my
currrent worry is what users will see on their desktop (as well as
other changes?) once they log on to the new server.
As a test I have logged on with my laptop (running WinXP virtually) and
I get a completely blank desktop (with the exception of the trash can).
Will users lose anything? I am unclear on this.
The current/old samba config is posted below. It is using LDAP but the
new config will not. Thank you very much.
Peter
[global]
workgroup = exampledomain
netbios name = examplehost
server string = Samba Server %v
printcap name = cups
load printers = yes
printing = cups
printer admin = @"Domain Admins"
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
map to guest = bad user
security = user
encrypt passwords = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
obey pam restrictions = yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
bind interfaces only = yes
interfaces = 10.9.2.6
os level = 32
domain master = yes
preferred master = yes
domain logons = yes
logon path =
passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://10.9.2.2 smbpasswd guest
ldap admin dn = cn=manager,dc=exampledomain,dc=com
ldap suffix = dc=exampledomain,dc=com
ldap machine suffix = ou=Hosts
ldap user suffix = ou=People
ldap group suffix = ou=Group
ldap idmap suffix = ou=Idmap
wins support = yes
dns proxy = no
dos charset = 850
unix charset = ISO8859-1
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