Converting a Windoze domain to SMB

[Robert Meyer]

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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