Re: migration to debian from NT4 :)
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:08:11 +0100, Gabriel Granger wrote
> Hi All,
>
> I've been asked to move our domain from NT in to the linux world :)
> naturally Debian of course. I would like advise if anyone has does
> this on the best way to do this. The server will need to have some
> smb share available and would love to be able to migrate the fax
> server which in its current state is crap... you have to physically
> go over to the server to look at incoming faxes and then print them
> (I dont allow my users VNC type access) I would however like if
> possible to be be able to somehow send and receive faxes from the
> desktops....does anyone know if there are any great apps for such a
> task? bear in mind that I have w2k, SuSe and OSX desktop clients.
> I guess the only major thing is how to get the user login details
> out of the NT4 server and import into the linux server? i really
> want to avoid a manual process if possible
Glad to hear your making the move!
I found it easy for my move to mount any or all NT shares directly
on the linux box. For example:
# mount -t smbfs username=admin,password=pass //NTbox/share /mnt
(or something along those lines)
Then you copy everything into the appropriate samba spots using scripts.
Even users home folders can be copied.
I don't think its possible to bring over passwords, so you'll have to re-
create all unix and samba accounts with default passwords.
Cheers,
Mike
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