[TriLUG] Converting an NT Server to Linux

[Jeffery Painter]

Do you need to preserve user/file permissions? This would seem to be the 
more difficult task in migration...

may be easier to install on a seperate machine if that is a viable option 
to complete this process and not screw anything up... 

if it is a large number of users, the product DAS LSP can automatically 
assist in the transfer of users, passwords and files from NT 4 to red hat 
linux. might be a small price to pay ($90) to save hours of recreating 
user accounts... I've never used this product but the review on zdnet 
looks interesting, although it looks a little old... someone may have 
written a free utility to accomplish the same.

http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2809945,00.html

http://www.das.com.tw/


good luck!

Jeff Painter


On Fri, 30 May 2003, Tom Boucher wrote:

> As part of my job I've inherited a file server that we have running.  It's 
> running NT 4.0 and seriously out of date.
> 
> To fix things, I'm going to wipe it out and put on Linux and use Samba to 
> share the files out.
> 
> I've got a few volumes of data to worry about keeping, and a local tape 
> drive.
> 
> Is there a way I could back it up inside windows that I could restore once 
> Linux is up and running?   prefer something I don't have to spend money on 
> because I don't have any money to spend.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Tom