[Samba] PDC -> BDC Question

Adam Williams awilliam at mdah.state.ms.us
Thu Jun 25 20:29:58 GMT 2009


i'd just copy over everything in /etc/samba, and /var/lib/samba.  and 
also run net getlocalsid and net getdomainsid and write down the number 
strings, and use net setlocalsid/setdomainsid on the new server.

Nick Pappin wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>      I was wondering I am setting up a BDC at another physically separate
> location on a different subnet, and I am currently working on what files I
> need to have copied between the computers and which need to be made on each
> server. The specific question I am dealing with is what TDB files I need to
> replicate filesystems between the two servers.  Below is a list of what the
> files I see in my samba directory are:
>
> account_policy.tdb
> ntdrivers.tdb
> ntforms.tdb
> share_info.tdb
> group_mapping.ldb
> ntprinters.tdb
> registry.tdb
> wins.dat
> private/schannel_store.tdb
> private/secrets.tdb
>
> I am wondering first which of these need to be replicated from server to
> server and which need to be unique to each server? For instance I know that
> account_policy.tdb can be replicated and needs to be because it holds all of
> the account policy information. The second thing I am wondering is what does
> each of these files do? I was hoping that someone could do a brief sentence
> or two about what each of these files do. Thanks for the help.
>
> --
> W. Nick Pappin
>   



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