[Samba] Re: Renaming a PDC hostname/domain remotely

[John H Terpstra]

On Saturday 16 July 2005 14:21, Anthony Chavez wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:15:55 -0600 Anthony Chavez <acc at anthonychavez.org> 
wrote:
> > Assuming they exist, could someone point me to any resources that could
> > assist me in renaming a Samba PDC's hostname and the domain it serves
> > remotely *without* forcing the client workstations to have to
> > manually-rejoin?
>
> Along those lines, does Samba generate a domain SID based on the name of
> that domain?  Or could I rename the domain by manually changing the name
> but retaining the SID?  And if I'm using passdb backend = tdbsam, in
> which files would I need to do this?
>
> > If such things do not exist, 1) what effects should I expect in
> > undertaking such an action, and 2) is there a standard procedure for the
> > steps that I should take on the workstations to make the effort go as
> > smoothly as possible?
>
> Thanks again!

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- John T.