Problem with upgrade 2.2.2 to 2.2.3a, PDC and domain logon

[Simo Sorce]

Jerry, weren't you make a test to assure this would not happen before releasing 2.2.3a?

On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 09:51:19AM +0100, Claus Svarer wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have just upgraded our Samba installation from vers. 2.2.2 to vers
> 2.2.3a. It is running on a HP-UX 11i system. We are using Samba as a PDC
> in an environment with both Windows 98 and Windows 2000 machines.
> 
> When logging on to the network, the users do a domain logon and we have
> had no problems with the old version 2.2.2. After upgrading to the new
> version 2.2.3a the Windows 2000 machines start, but each time a user try
> to do a logon a "Window Explorer error window" pop-up. When pressing
> cancel it pop-up once more. The only solution is to logoff. Then change
> the member ship for the machine to a ordinary workgroup and then
> reconnect it to the Samba domain. Then all profile data for the user
> have to be deleted. After this everything works again but all users has
> to start over again with the setup of their profile.
> 
> Is there any way to upgrade the Samba server without having to delete
> all domain data (Machine information and profile data for all users)?
> 
> I tried to let the "tdb" files be in the lock directory after
> installation. I believe these files includes the information about
> machines and users, but then I got an error like:
> 
> [2002/02/10 18:54:49, 0] tdb/tdbutil.c:(342)
>   tdb(/usr/local/samba/var/locks/ntdrivers.tdb): rec_read bad magic 0x0
> at offset=8188
> [2002/02/10 18:54:49, 0] tdb/tdbutil.c:(342)
>   tdb(/usr/local/samba/var/locks/ntdrivers.tdb): rec_free_read bad magic
> 0x0 at offset=12328
> [2002/02/10 18:54:49, 0] tdb/tdbutil.c:(342)
>   tdb(/usr/local/samba/var/locks/share_info.tdb): rec_free_read bad
> magic 0x0 at offset=744
> [2002/02/10 18:58:22, 0] tdb/tdbutil.c:(342)
>   tdb(/usr/local/samba/var/locks/printing.tdb): rec_read bad magic 0x0
> at offset=3720
> [2002/02/10 18:58:22, 0] tdb/tdbutil.c:(342)
>   tdb(/usr/local/samba/var/locks/printing.tdb): rec_free_read bad magic
> 0x0 at offset=6776
> [2002/02/10 18:58:22, 0] tdb/tdbutil.c:(342)
>   tdb(/usr/local/samba/var/locks/ntdrivers.tdb): rec_read bad magic 0x0
> at offset=8188
> [2002/02/10 18:58:22, 0] tdb/tdbutil.c:(342)
>   tdb(/usr/local/samba/var/locks/ntdrivers.tdb): rec_free_read bad magic
> 0x0 at offset=12328
> [2002/02/10 18:58:22, 0] tdb/tdbutil.c:(342)
>   tdb(/usr/local/samba/var/locks/share_info.tdb): rec_free_read bad
> magic 0x0 at offset=744
> [2002/02/10 19:03:29, 0] smbd/server.c:(698)
> 
> I therefor had to delete these "tdb" files and I believe that has
> something to do with my problems? Is there a way to upgrade these files
> so the information is not deleted?
> 
> Thanks for your help
> 
> Claus Svarer

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