[Samba] VFS objects - how to migrate/move file_ntacls.tdb

David Roid dataroid at gmail.com
Tue Nov 15 08:28:38 MST 2011


I suppose this number is subject to both file system and Samba vfs object,
whichever comes first to its limit.

-David

2011/11/15 adrian.berlin <adrian.berlin at o2.pl>

> Many thanks for response.
> Do you recommend any good tool to backup ACLs?
>
> I have another question about how many ACLs can be stored in acl_xattr and
> acl_tdb for one directory/file?
>
> Cheers!
> Adrian Berlin
>
>
> Dnia 14 listopada 2011 20:17 Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org> napisał(a):
>
> > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 02:12:35PM +0100, adrian.berlin wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > > Does anyone know how to move/migrate ACLs from file_ntacls.tdb to
> another machine?
> > > I tried manually copy file_ntacls.tdb and restart samba but it doesn't
> work.
> > > Also I tried to dump and restore tdb file using tdbdump and tdbrestore
> without success.
> >
> > That's not going to work as the ACL data is indexed by dev/ino pairs
> > in the tdb, and on the new machine they will be different.
> >
> > You'll need to use a backup tool that copies the ACLs as you
> > copy the data.
> >
> > Jeremy.
> >
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