Export AD data and home folders from win to linux
Geir Holmavatn
As Stan has mentioned, if you want to get rid of your Win servers, you will have to give up AD and use a different solution.
That said, there are solutions available with Samba that likely provide the services you require. You will have to decide what you want then comb through the docs. Eg.:
q Samba ADS Domain Control
Samba-3 is not, and cannot act as, an Active Directory server. It cannot truly function as an Active Directory PDC. The protocols for some of the functionality of Active Directory domain controllers has been partially implemented on an experimental only basis. Please do not expect Samba-3 to support these protocols. Do not depend on any such functionality either now or in the future. The Samba Team may remove these experimental features or may change their behavior. This is mentioned for the benefit of those who have discovered secret capabilities in Samba-3 and who have asked when this functionality will be completed. The answer is maybe someday or maybe never!
To be sure, Samba-3 is designed to provide most of the functionality that Microsoft Windows NT4-style domain controllers have. Samba-3 does not have all the capabilities of Windows NT4, but it does have a number of features that Windows NT4 domain controllers do not have. In short, Samba-3 is not NT4 and it is not Windows Server 200x: it is not an Active Directory server. We hope this is plain and simple enough for all to understand. eq
Highly recommended as a handson tutorial:
Yes, Virginia, you CAN clone your Windows hard drive, and expand its parbreastion size to give it more breathing room by using a Linux live cd and Linux commands dd for the image transfer...
If Samba is installed on a Linux box you should have all the Samba docs available. If not, go here, download, and start browsing to see if Samba will satisfy your needs. Don't overlook the additional docs available here.
Also be aware of the work on Samba4 -- not ready for deploment yet:
Maybe I'm a bit late but anyway... I was once in the same problem and found a Perl script in the web that made my day. Let's reproduce a session...
Don't know if Vampire in Samba4 can help you automate a migration to Samba3 or not. The tool in Samba3 is for migrating from NT4 DCs to Samba. You may want to go to one of the Samba lists or try:
Bill Marshal I don't know what you used then, but I have a little POP3 mail checker that does the same thing. My original goal was to write something like...
good luck, prg
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