--- Gary Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
But if the profile is stored locally why would a user get a different desktop? > 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? I want to get rid of the current server completely and LDAP is running on it locally. I also find LDAP ill-suited for this environment. There are only about 20 users being managed. What is the separate step you mention? Can I export the data out of LDAP? Thanks for your help. > 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 > > > > > > Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving > junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail at > http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba