[Samba] winbind / ldap

[Hamish]

Thanks, I will have a read and let you know, any idea if there is a way 
to import/export idmaps?
H

Manfred Odenstein wrote:

>its on http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/happy.html#ch6-ldifadd
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>Am Donnerstag, 12. August 2004 11:19 schrieb Hamish:
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>>Hello
>>Im not sure how to ask the question i need, but let me try:
>>
>>Background:
>>SuSE 9.0
>>Samba from rpms: samba 3.0.3pre2-SuSE
>>Role: domain member server (winbind)
>>
>>I am having a lot of trouble upgrading samba and I'm thinking of moving
>>to another server. I have found that if I move the winbindd_idmap.tdb
>>across, the AD / UID mappings are saved but would like to know:
>>a) Is this safe? (is there anything that will bomb out a few months down
>>the line?)
>>b) can this be done with LDAP instead (I know close to nothing of LDAP,
>>I have assumed it is for use as a PDC, but could it be used to store UID
>>mappings as well? How 'interesting' would this be to set up?)
>>
>>Thanks,
>>H
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