[Samba] winbind and NIS+NFS

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Harry Hahn wrote:

> Thanks. Am I correct to assume this file and only this file contains
> information on the SID->uid/gid map?

Yeah.

> What would be the consequences of rsyncing this file from Server1 to Server2
> while winbindd is running on both?

bad I would think.  The file is mmap()'d so overwriting underneath a 
winbindd winbindd could cause any number of bad things.

> Or, even wilder, can the directory containing this file be NFS exported to
> Server2?

Nope.  tdb's need a correct locating implementation on the filesystem.
This is not NFS's strong point.




cheers, jerry
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