[olug] Migrate NT to Linux

[Phil Brutsche]

Dennis Isbrandtsen wrote:
> 	
> 	I want to migrate my company's NT network to a Linux network.  I am
> a Linux newbie but I have successfully setup a Linux RedHat 8.0 server and
> joined the NT domain. (it is only a fileserver right now)

Yes, the easy part :)

> 	My first question is when I setup a Linux PDC will the NT servers
> currently on the network recognize it as a PDC/WINS/DHCP server?

DHCP won't require any special setup; if the DHCP server software is 
correctly configured it will *just* *work*.  Ditto for WINS, especially 
if you tell the DHCP server to give out the WINS server IP number.

The PDC is a different case; if you have any BDCs be prepared to scrap 
them; they can't talk to Samba AT ALL in their capacity as a BDC.  If 
you're lucky what'll change with the as-yet unreleased Samba 3.0.

> 	Also, what are some good websites/articles for completing such a
> task?


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Phil Brutsche
phil at brutsche.us