[Samba] Problem with tdb files.

[Florian Zierer]

Hi Latrell

Latrell wrote:

> I have problems with maintain tdb files. From samba doc, these files are 
> classified into persistent and temporary. From the man page of smbd, 
> these file are classified into persistent and not. However, there are 
> some files no need to backup but need to be persistent 
> (netsamlogon_cache.tdb), and some files need to backup but not need to 
> be persisten (registry.tdb). There are also some .dat files also 
> mentioned in samba FAQ that need to be deleted under particular case 
> (change ip address).

I have nearly the same question. My Problem is, I am running my samba
server in a virtual xen domain which is running on a rootnfs filesystem.
And the locking files should not reside on a nfs file system. :-(

Now I am thinking about putting the lock files on a tmpfs ramdisk but I
don't know which files have to be backed up and which not.

Or does anybody has another solution for the locking files?

What about the tdb files in the private directory? Do these files also
have problems with nfs?

Thanks in advance

Florian