[Samba] HOWTO: name change of Samba PDC

[kurt weiss]

are u using 'netbios name=' in smb.conf?

greetings from your 'neighbour' in tirol ;-)


Rainer Hubovsky schrieb:

> Hi there!
> 
> I once had the problem of not being able to log on to the domain after
> changing the name of my Samba server as described in the
> documentation. But it was only in a test environment.
> 
> Now I have to change the name of a Samba PDC in a real environment and
> I am not sure what to do to avoid this problem
> 
> In the docs for Samba 2.2 it says that one should restore the file
> private/WORKROUP.SID, but although running 2.2.7 I couldn't find this
> file.
> 
> The Samba 3.0 docs say that the SID is stored in secrets.tdb and could
> be get with "net getlocalsid.." and set with a similar
> command. Running 2.2.7, I do have /etc/secrets.tdb but no command
> "net".
> 
> Just a few minutes ago, I tried a name change with 2.2.7 and had no
> problems.
> 
> What I am supposed to do?
> Under which Samba version this could be a problem and how can this be
> avoided?
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> Best regards,
>  +r
> 
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