[Samba] HOWTO: name change of Samba PDC

Rainer Hubovsky rainer at hubovsky.net
Thu Aug 28 07:02:54 GMT 2003


No I didn't but if I did I would have to change it, too if I want to
chenge the name of the server as it appears it to the clients,
wouldn't I?

All the best from Vienna! ;-)
 +r


kurt weiss writes:
 > 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
 > > 
 > > --
 > >    @ Rainer Hubovsky
 > >    @ rainer at hubovsky.net
 > >    @ Ferdinandstrasse 29/15, A-1020 Wien
 > >    @ Tel/Fax: +43 1 94 60 554
 > > 
 > 



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