winbindd_idmap.tdb recovery

[Tim Potter]

On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 11:06:10AM +0100, Michael Steffens wrote:

> Tim Potter wrote:
> > I can always add a --export-idmap and --import-idmap arguments to
> > be info that will do the trick.
> 
> as Don already said: great idea!
> 
> I think the --import-idmap functionality should be able to
> cope with the cases
> 
>  - re-create idmap, i.e drop existing entries.
> 
>  - merge into existing idmap, discard new entries in case of
>    conflicts with existing ones.
> 
>  - merge into existing idmap, overwrite existing entries in
>    case of conflicts with new ones.

These are all good points.  Thanks!

> Would yo do that "online" via winbindd, or "offline" by directly
> accessing winbindd_idmap.tdb?
> 
> I already thought about deriving an offline tool from tdbtool.

I was thinking of adding it to wbinfo but this program is starting to
become bloated.  Maybe a 'net winbind' command in HEAD.


Tim.