Removing our AD server / disabling security on ix4-200d

Question

My organization is in the process of decommisioning our Windows Server 2003 and moving to complete reliance upon our iomega ix4-200d for our file serving solution.
My understanding is that disalbing AD on the iomega device will remove the existing users and shares that have been synchronized from our Active Directory.
I'm looking for suggestions about how to recreate the existing AD user accounts once the ix4 is in workgroup mode while causing a minimum amount of disruption to the office -- especially since I obviously don't know the passwords of the existing AD user accounts?

Answer 1

swgarland wrote:
Without getting into a discussion of why you would want to remove AD from a network, on the NAS box, you'll need to create local accounts (you won't have a domain anymore).  Then create groups etc, just like you had before and apply the correct rights.  You'll have duplicate accounts for a time period (domain and local).
PV: Basically, we've retired our Windows Server 2003 in favor of the NAS box and when I finally pull the plug on the Windows box our AD will go away.
I would create all the accounts FIRST including a new NAS admin account.  Then login to the NAS with the local admin to verify it works BEFORE you disable AD integration.  Once you disable the AD integration, all the domain accounts and groups disappear, and therefore won't work.
PV:  That's kind of what I gathered, I was just hoping someone else had gone through this before and had suggestions for duplicating the accounts. I guess I will set the accounts up ahead of time and try to figure out a way to make people change the default password I give them.
Looking at the "Users and Groups" admin applet, however it's not clear to me how to create local users and groups when AD is active. I don't see any interface to add users or groups, only links to "import users and groups from Active Directory" and to "synchronize with Active Directory"?