[Samba] Fwd: How to bulk add machine accounts during PDC hardware refresh?

[Michael Lueck]

John Drescher wrote:
> I know. Just copy the files
> 
> /etc/passwd /etc/group
> 
> and  the folders
> 
> /etc/samba
> /var/lib/samba
> /var/spool/samba
> /var/cache/samba

So do not mess with the password hashes for machine accounts in /etc/passwd since that hashed password has to match the password in smbpasswd?

If so, fffeeewww, now the task sounds doable! ;-)

Thanks,

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Michael Lueck
Lueck Data Systems
http://www.lueckdatasystems.com/