[Samba] Samba AD auth - Backup?

Mark Adams mark at campbell-lange.net
Mon Mar 9 16:26:03 GMT 2009


Hi All,

I haven't received a response from anyone on this - Can anyone help?

Is there any way to have samba simply use the current records stored in
/var/lib/samba/ if the password server(s) is unavailable?

Best Regards,
Mark

On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 12:41:35PM +0000, Mark Adams wrote:
> Thanks for the reply's.
> 
> Is there anyway to have Samba just read whatever is in the database for
> the UID/GID map if the DC is not available? From my testing as soon as
> the DC is unavailable for any reason the ability to login ceases.
> 
> Am I right in thining that by adding 2 x "kdc" selections to
> /etc/krb5.cfg I'm setting the 2 DC's to be used for lookups?
> 
> Regards,
> Mark
> 
> On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 03:15:33PM -0500, Ryan Bair wrote:
> > Everything should be looked up by DNS. There's no notion of a PDC/BDC
> > in AD (although 2008 has readonly slaves I believe).
> > 
> > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 7:26 AM, Mark Adams <mark at campbell-lange.net> wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I haven't been able to track down any info on this so would be
> > > appreciative of any input. Links to any info on this would also be
> > > appreciated.
> > >
> > > Samba 3.2.5, Debian 5.0
> > >
> > > Question 1;
> > > Is there any way of setting up a "backup" windows domain controller in
> > > the samba config? so if they main dc is not available, it automatically
> > > queries the backup?
> > >
> > > Question 2;
> > > What is the best way to back up the UID/GID map? and can it be easily
> > > imported back to a new install if the server fails for any reason.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Mark
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