[Samba] smbldap tools clarification

[John H Terpstra]

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, Chew, Darren wrote:

> Does the passdb code create a skeleton directory information tree to store
> users, computers, groups, etc?

No. You need to do that before executing the vampire process. This is
documented in the update to the HOWTO that will be updated to CVS in the
next 48 hours or so.

>
> Does `net rpc vampire` vampire create the ou's before it sucks the sam
> database across?

No. You need to correctly configure your LDAP backend before executing the
vampire process.

- John T.

>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Ray Raszka wrote:
>
> > What is the purpose of these scripts using an LDAP backend with samba 3.0?
> > Why doesn't the passdb code for ldap perform these functions?
> >
> >
>
>

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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org