[Samba] Which .tdb files are safe to remove?

Gerald (Jerry) Carter jerry at samba.org
Mon Feb 10 19:07:01 GMT 2003


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On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Nir Soffer wrote:

> > This is for Samba 2.2:
> > 
> >  * nt*.tdb.  
> >  * winbindd_idmap.tdb
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >  * share_info.tdb
> > 
> > I thinks that's it.
> 
> I wouldn't remove the idmap if any users had files on the server. Their
> UIDs may get mixed up. Last I looked the idmap _was_ rebuilt, but
> on-the-fly on a first-come-first-served basis. In several times I
> removed it all the permissions were "mixed-up" after winbind ran again.

Sorry.  I meant these are the ones to keep (obviously).  
The rest are volatile in nature.

Thanks for catching that.




cheers, jerry
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