MACHINE.SID and tdb's

[Simo Sorce]

Can't remember if this tecnique would affect something else, but you may
try this:
delete secrets.tdb set the new SID in MACHINE.SID, start samba.
finding MACHINE:SID samba will think it is a first time you run it and
will "upgrade" the machine.sid file into the secret.tdb database.

Simo.


On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 16:24, Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I need to change the SID of a Samba server I have running. This used to 
> be relatively straightforward - one simply shut down Samba, backed up 
> the MACHINE.SID file, edited it to reflect the new SID for the machine, 
> and started up again.
> 
> However, recent versions of Samba have done away with the MACHINE.SID 
> file in favour of secrets.tdb. I've looked at the tdb tools in the 
> source/tdb directory shipped with Samba, but it's unobvious to me how to 
> go about changing the SID. Is there a simple way to change this 
> information? I've found reference to a tdbimport and tdbexport, but 
> mailing list threads seem to suggest that they are imperfect. I had old 
> versions (I think I got them with TNG), but they won't even open 
> secrets.tdb.
> 
> Any help/hints - before I go of on a wild goose chase - would be much 
> appreciated.
> 
> Mike.
> 
> 
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Simo Sorce
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