[Samba] Re: Renaming a PDC hostname/domain remotely

[Anthony Chavez]

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On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:15:55 -0600 Anthony Chavez <acc at anthonychavez.org> wrote:

> Assuming they exist, could someone point me to any resources that could
> assist me in renaming a Samba PDC's hostname and the domain it serves
> remotely *without* forcing the client workstations to have to
> manually-rejoin?

Along those lines, does Samba generate a domain SID based on the name of
that domain?  Or could I rename the domain by manually changing the name
but retaining the SID?  And if I'm using passdb backend = tdbsam, in
which files would I need to do this?

> If such things do not exist, 1) what effects should I expect in
> undertaking such an action, and 2) is there a standard procedure for the
> steps that I should take on the workstations to make the effort go as
> smoothly as possible?

Thanks again!

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Anthony Chavez                                 http://anthonychavez.org/
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