Clarification on file purposes.
Gerald (Jerry) Carter
jerry at samba.org
Thu Aug 15 08:07:09 GMT 2002
On Sun, 11 Aug 2002, odc wrote:
> brlock.tdb
byte range locking (volatile)
> browse.dat
browse lists maintained by nmbd (volatile)
> connections.tdb
connection information (volatile)
> locking.tdb
share mode, oplocks, etc... (volatile)
> messages.tdb
Samba messaging system (volatile)
> namelist.debug
debug data for nmbd (volatile)
> ntdrivers.tdb
> ntforms.tdb
> ntprinters.tdb
Used to store printer/driver/form inforamationf or driver download
(non-volatile)
> printing.tdb
print queue data (volatile)
> share_info.tdb
file share acl information (non-volatile)
> unexpected.tdb
unexpected packets queued for nmbd (volatile)
> There is also, a secrets.tdb file in the conf directory. Am I correct
> in assuming this is the data file for the Machine SID's ?
Yes, as well as the machine trust acount password for security = domain.
ldap admin password, domain sid, etc...
> There is also no manpage for tdbbackup -- and I'm a little hesitant to
> see what happens when I run it on my Samba network = ) Some explanation
> on its operation would be teriffic.
I'll let someone else handle this....
cheers, jerry
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