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[John H Terpstra]

der Tom,

Thanks for this info. I modified the sources and hopefully got them all. 
Please check the changes and if I missed any drop me a line.

Cheers,
John T.

On Monday 13 August 2007 07:28, Thomas Bork wrote:
> Hi,
>
> there are some incorrect (old) parts in the documentation.
>
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> http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba3-HOWTO/passdb.html
>
> Samba-3 implements a new capability to work concurrently with multiple
> account backends. The possible new combinations of password backends
> allows Samba-3 a degree of flexibility and scalability that previously
> could be achieved only with MS Windows Active Directory (ADS). This
> chapter describes the new functionality and how to get the most out of it.
> #####################################
>
>
> #####################################
> http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba3-HOWTO/passdb.html#id356265
>
> Password Backends
>
> Samba offers the greatest flexibility in backend account database design
> of any SMB/CIFS server technology available today. The flexibility is
> immediately obvious as one begins to explore this capability.
>
> It is possible to specify not only multiple password backends, but even
> multiple backends of the same type. For example, to use two different
> tdbsam databases:
> passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/passdb.tdb
> tdbsam:/etc/samba/old-passdb.tdb
>
> What is possible is not always sensible. Be careful to avoid complexity
> to the point that it may be said that the solution is "too clever by half!"
> #####################################
>
>
> #####################################
> http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba3-HOWTO/passdb.html#pdbeditthing
>
> Account Migration
>
> The pdbedit tool allows migration of authentication (account) databases
> from one backend to another. For example, to migrate accounts from an
> old smbpasswd database to a tdbsam backend:
>
>     1.
>
>        Set the passdb backend = tdbsam, smbpasswd.
>     2.
>
>        Execute:
>
>        root# pdbedit -i smbpasswd -e tdbsam
>
>     3.
>
>        Remove the smbpasswd from the passdb backend configuration in
> smb.conf.
> #####################################
>
>
> Since 3.0.23 multiple backends are deprecated.
>
>
> der tom

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John H Terpstra
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The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, 2 Ed., ISBN: 0131882228
Samba-3 by Example, 2 Ed., ISBN: 0131882221X
Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971
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