Open Directory – Convert Standalone to OD Master

[Shan Younker]

I’ve cross-posted on Apple’s site as I’m not sure what is the best resource…

My current OD setup is Standalone Server. My ultimate goal is to convert to OD Master, provide a managed environment through WGM, do authentication through AD and have home directories on each users local machine – all this, of course, without causing any hardship on my users (hah!). I’ve read Joel Rennich’s excellent article on AD/OD Integration but still have some questions.

I think my first step on the path is to convert my server from Standalone to OD Master. I can do this by exporting the users and groups from the local directory, changing the server to OD master then reimporting the users and groups. Is this correct? Am I going to hose all my users, or will their permissions remain intact after the conversion to OD Master? Also, once my server is converted, will I be able to configure LDAP on the client machines even though DNS is not running on my server? Final question (for now), if my conversion from Standalone to OD Master fails, what files should I restore to get my server back to Standalone mode?

Thanks

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