[Samba] Samba BDC for Backup
Ian Clancy
clancyian at cel.ie
Wed Jun 8 07:25:28 GMT 2005
Hiu Yen Onn wrote:
> Hiu Yen Onn wrote:
>
>> hi,
>>
>> i have no experience in configure any of the BDC before. just curious
>> to ask, if i have configured a BDC, then if any fail down of my PDC,
>> does BDC will take turn automatically??? stupid question.... but, i
>> didnt know it... sorry....
>
>
> another question
>
> 1. I have a master ldap tree for my PDC, likewise my BDC also having a
> slave ldap tree, do i need to replicate the master ldap to the slave
> ldap?
>
In a word, Yes. If you are using openldap you will find plenty of
documentation on the Internet about how to do this.
> 2. How about the sid number??? does PDC sid have to be similar to the
> BDC sid??? what is sid? what does is working for??? dun understand...
> pls enlighten.. thanks..
The PDC and the BDC have the same SID number. Usually each computer /
users has a unique SID. However domain controllers are a unique case.
You can import the SID into a BDC using the 'net rpc getsid
<DOMAINNAME>' command.
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