[Samba] PDC appears to be BDC in server manager

[Michael Gasch]

> where nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn is the IP address of the PDC. Presumably this is 
> correct.
yep :)

> 
> Martin
> 
> On 2/13/07, Michael Gasch <gasch at eva.mpg.de> wrote:
>> you're welcome :)
>>
>> what does nmblookup DOMAIN#1b and DOMAIN#1c give you?
>> since everything is working this seems to be a cosmetic error?!?!
>>
>> micha
>>
>> Martin Brook wrote:
>> > Many thanks Michael. That worked perfectly. (I think when I tried this
>> > previously I didn't delete browse.dat, and I don't think the lack of a
>> > properly working root account in samba was helping much either).
>> >
>> > If I could ask one more question - I've noticed that, in the SAM
>> > database, the account flags W and S for the two servers' machine
>> > accounts are the wrong way round.
>> >
>> > e.g.
>> >
>> > # pdbedit -Lv BIGSERVER$
>> > Unix username:        BIGSERVER$
>> > NT username:          BIGSERVER$
>> > Account Flags:        [W          ]
>> > ...
>> > # pdbedit -Lv LITTLESERVER$
>> > Unix username:        LITTLESERVER$
>> > NT username:          LITTLESERVER$
>> > Account Flags:        [S          ]
>> > ...
>> >
>> > shouldn't these be the other way round? according to the manpage:
>> >
>> > W: Workstation Trust Account
>> > S: Server Trust Account
>> >
>> > I suppose they are swapped because that was how they were when the
>> > accounts were migrated.
>> >
>> > I tried editing the flags with pdbedit but that's not allowed. I tried
>> > deleting and recreating the machine accounts but was unable to
>> > recreate them (so I restored the .tdb files from backup).
>> >
>> > Does it even matter, since everything is working now?
>> >
>> > Martin
>> >
>> > On 2/11/07, Michael Gasch <gasch at eva.mpg.de> wrote:
>> >> hi again,
>> >>
>> >> > 2. I somehow need to rename the server back to BIGSERVER, but I'm 
>> not
>> >> > sure how to do this without breaking things again.
>> >>
>> >> assuming you have a small net work w/ only one DC (samba) and no 
>> trusts
>> >>     this should be no problem.
>> >>
>> >> - stop all samba processes on the PDC. rename it in smb.conf.
>> >> - make sure that there's no hostname entry in any configfile on your
>> >> samba DC that points to LITTLESERVER (e.g. you could grep for it 'grep
>> >> -ir LITTLESERVER /etc/*' - everything should be BIGSERVER otherwise 
>> this
>> >> could lead to inconsistencies)
>> >>
>> >> - delete browse.dat and wins.dat
>> >> - start nmbd
>> >> - on another linux system do the following:
>> >>         - nmblookup -M YOURDOMAIN
>> >>         - nmblookup YOURDOMAIN#1b
>> >>         - nmblookup YOURDOMAIN#1c
>> >>
>> >> this should always list your samba server (at least after 1 minute).
>> >> you can also force samba to be the local master in your network (inkl.
>> >> preferred master). then start smbd.
>> >>
>> >> micha
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>> -- 
>> Michael Gasch
>> Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
>> Department of Human Evolution (IT Staff)
>> Deutscher Platz 6
>> D-04103 Leipzig
>> Germany
>>
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>>
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>>
> 
> 

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Michael Gasch
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