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by azamup

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Can I take the backup of the current NT server Users database for expoting afterwords on any other NT Server with the same name and individual settings etc..?

I know how to do it with the BDC. Is there any other way to do it accurately without using the BDC.

I hope to get the positive responce.

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by erikdr

As far as I'm aware _not_. (There go my techpoints, flying thru the window :-) In the database there's also the users binary id's (GUID) and they are linked to the SID of the current domain. Another server with the same name will still have a different domain SID and there you go...
A third route, next to the BDC trick, is exporting the users database to Ascii and then importing into the new domain with AddUsers. See NT Server resource kit.

Have fun,

/ The Netherlands

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