On Tue, 2013-07-23 at 09:46 -0700, Scott Goodwin wrote: > What I'm trying to avoid is having to physically set up a test network that > is completely isolated from our live samba3 network, in order to test > everything out. If I can run them both on the same network, it would be so > much easier for me. (Our server closet is pretty small, and the thought of > physically wiring up a different switch with test workstations, etc, is not > something I want to do if at all possible).
Use a test network. Once clients see an AD DC, they won't like the old server, particularly for NT System Policies, or if they change their machine account passwords. Additionally, the DCs will fight over the PDC role netbios name. Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett http://samba.org/~abartlet/ Authentication Developer, Samba Team http://samba.org -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba