[Samba] transfer fsmo role using ldap

Rowland Penny rowlandpenny241155 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 5 08:36:25 UTC 2015


On 05/10/15 08:52, mathias dufresne wrote:
> Note once role transfer is not really instantaneous. Not even on the host
> seizing the role. Once the samba-tool fsmo seize command is successful DCs
> need times to perform that transfer.
>
>

Role transfer and seizing are done differently, I found this out when I 
updated fsmo.py to work with all 7 roles. Transferring a role should be 
done on the DC that holds the role and should be your first attempt at 
moving a role. You should only try to seize a role if all else has failed.

Rowland




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