[Samba] backing up and restoring a samba configuration

Henrik Zagerholm henke at mac.se
Fri Sep 23 19:52:35 GMT 2005


You also need secrets.tdb.
You can use the built in utlity for backin up the TDB database.

//H
23 sep 2005 kl. 20.34 skrev Josh Howe:

> Hi,
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> I'm trying to backup my samba configuration, including the users. I'm
> making copies of these files:
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> /etc/samba/smb.conf
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> /etc/samba/smbpasswd
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> /etc/samba/smbusers
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> When I install samba on a new machine (I've recreated the directory
> structure and Linux users) and replace the above files, users can't  
> log
> on to their shares. Am I missing a file? I thought the smbpasswd file
> took care of this. If I run smbpasswd for one of the users they are  
> able
> to access their share, but the line for that user in smbpasswd  
> isn't any
> different than before I ran smbpasswd. Any ideas? Thanks!
>
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