Converting a Windoze domain to SMB
Robert Meyer
meyer_rm at yahoo.com
Mon Oct 3 07:56:54 EDT 2005
Yes, I'll take whatever you have available. I've never done this and I suspect
that it's going to be the only way to get them out of hijack hell. I didn't
think about clam... Did I help you set that up? Does it use the strange kernel
hook so it can catch stuff as it's going to be written?
Cheers!
Bob
--- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
> I can let you have a smb file that's already setup for PDC and why use
> vexira? Clam can scan those shares just fine and it's free.
>
> Robert Meyer wrote:
>
> >I may have to fix my landlord's network, soon. They have a small network of
> XP
> >Pro boxen (can't change those due to apps) but their server appears to have
> >been hijacked by spambots.
> >
> >I may want to convert the $6000 server to Linux to solve the problem. As
> far
> >as I can tell, it currently is running Email, Domain control and file
> serving.
> >I haven't done any analysis on their apps, yet.
> >
> >Before I get into this, what does it take to convert a bunch of PCs from a
> >Windows domain (quite possibly using active directory) to a SAMBA
> environment?
> >I've worked a lot with SAMBA but never doing PDC stuff. Like I said, I can
> >only convert the server, not the PCs. I will probably have to set up file
> >shares but I can get Command Central Vexira to handle scanning for viruses
> on
> >the shares. I may also have to convert them from using Exchange to IMAP but
> >that's not terribly hard. I've done Email conversions, before.
> >
> >Cheers!
> >
> >Bob
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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