Samba to AD

24 Mar 2009 3:00 PM

Rafael Malheiros

Hi,

My company uses Windows XP Pro but the servers are Linux. I want to migrate
to Windows Server 2008 to better manage the domain.
The domaing manager is Samba and I want to know if there is how bring the
users from Samba to AD without havig the to anything in the workstations,
just in the server?
Also, we use a Linux based DNS Server, Proxy Server, Internet Security
Server. And I want to use just Windows Server 2008.

How to migrate?

Thanks,
Rafael Malheiros

24 Mar 2009 6:56 PM

Ace Fekay [Microsoft Certified Trainer]

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Rafael Malheiros <raf***@agafarma.com.br>, posted the following:
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> Hi,
>
> My company uses Windows XP Pro but the servers are Linux. I want to
> migrate to Windows Server 2008 to better manage the domain.
> The domaing manager is Samba and I want to know if there is how bring
> the users from Samba to AD without havig the to anything in the
> workstations, just in the server?
> Also, we use a Linux based DNS Server, Proxy Server, Internet Security
> Server. And I want to use just Windows Server 2008.
>
> How to migrate?
>
> Thanks,
> Rafael Malheiros

To properly gain full centralized control of all machines in a domain,
including controlling adminstrative rights, group policy, logon scripts,
etc, they will need to joined to the domain. Samba is just an SMB
(Microsoft) to NFS (*nix) translator, hence the name SAMBA. It makes a *nix
machine "look like" a Windows machine.

You can use ADMT for the migration. ADMT will also automatically join the
machines to the domain, provide permissions for the new domain user to use
the old user's desktop profile (so they still have their desktop), and many
other features.

Take a look at this migration guideline using ADMT:
http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/upgrades.html#id2605434

Download details: Active Directory Migration Tool v3.0Nov 20, 2008
http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6f86937b-533a-466d-a8e8-aff85ad3d212&displaylang=en

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