On 3/22/06, David Cary Hart <Fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:00:20 +0000 > Malcolm Moore <malcolm@xxxxxxxxx> opined: > > Can someone point me in the right direction here > > > > Has anyone or does anyone know of documentation / tools > > to help migrate Windows Server users to Linux/Samba users > > > > Specifically : I have 1300 users on W2k3 servers > > I want to move the user accounts/home directories to Linux/Samba > > and keep the XP workstations and then in a while drop the XP > > workstations in favor of Fedora > > > > Ok, I could RTFM and wade thru Samba and Fedora documentation > > but I was rather hoping for a 'Guide for the Impatient' or a write > > up from someone who has alredy done it - Bear in mind there > > are only 2 of us supporting these 1300 users !! > > > Have you installed Fedora on any machines or are you starting > completely from scratch? Is this is a file/mail/web/intranet > server? > > You MIGHT be better off with RHEL. > I suspect funding for RHEL might be an issue, if you have 2 support people to support 1300 people. If this is correct You should consider one of the RHEL clones such as CentOS (www.centos.org). -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.
