[Samba] transfer users after samba upgrade to new server

[Dale Schroeder]

On 05/06/2012 10:14 AM, Bill Szkotnicki wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to transfer all of my users from an older version of samba to a 
> new one here.
>
> The old version is 3.0.28 and the file with user passwords
> is /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>
> and the new version is 3.6.5 and there does not seem to be that file 
> anymore.
> I think the user info is now in
> /var/lib/samba/private/passdb.tdb
> /var/lib/samba/private/secrets.tdb
>
> My question is how to transport my users to my new system?
> i.e. How to convert
> /etc/samba/smbpasswd ------> /var/lib/samba/private/passdb.tdb
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Bill

Bill,

The smbpasswd backend is still available; it's just no longer the 
default.  You must explicitly state "passdb backend = smbpasswd" in 
smb.conf.

To convert, copy the smbpasswd file from the old machine to the new one, 
then follow the example in the Samba HowTo under "Account Import/Export" 
found at

http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/passdb.html#pdbeditthing

Good luck.

Dale