

If you have users and groups that use their Windows RID for their Unix ID (uidNumber or gidNumber), you should consider changing these before carrying out the upgrade. It used to be thought that using Windows RIDs for Unix IDs was acceptable, time has proven otherwise.
#Samba classic upgrade
It's highly recommended, that before you do the migration, you should test the upgrade process in a separate network from your production! This enables you to avoid unnecessary downtime through unpredictable problems and it won't have any effect on your existing network. The migration from an NT4-style domain to Active Directory is one way! This means that once your clients contact your migrated AD Domain Controller, they will never be able to access the NT4-style domain again - even if you roll back your changes! It is possible to do the conversion and the users and machines will simply re-connect to the new Samba AD installation without needing to manually re-join.ĭoing a classicupgrade is possible from all passwd backends (smbpasswd, tdbsam and ldapsam).
#Samba classic full
The intent of this function is to do a full replacement of an existing Samba NT4-style domain. The classicupgrade is a function built into samba-tool. It is suitable for upgrading an existing Samba installation, as well as running the migrating on a new server, if you had considered e.g. The following guide describes the upgrade scenario. Samba provides a way to migrate an existing NT4-style domain to a new Samba Active Directory. Things that a NT4-style domain just doesn't support. The domain is functioning rather well, but they find themselves running into more and more dead ends. Many people find themselves in a situation where they have an existing Samba NT4-style domain, complete with an extensive set of domain users, groups and machines. This guide is only relevant if you have a Samba NT4-style domain, that you want to upgrade to Samba Active Directory! 11.3 Not all attributes were copied when migrating from passwd backend = ldapsam.11.2 Error: User 'Administrator' in your existing directory has SID.11.1 What are the consequences of changing a SID/RID?.5.2.2 Prevent failure due to common user/group names.5.2.1 Prevent failure due to duplicate SID's.

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