[Samba] Problem with backup and initiation

[L.P.H. van Belle]

> Anyway service file (or "unit" file to speak systemd) are generally stored
> into:
> /lib/systemd/system
> /usr/lib/systemd/system 

Yes ^^^ .. BUT ...  on debian Jessie. 
/lib/systemd/system/samba.service is an symlink to /dev/null 
And to my knowledge /etc/init.d/samba is still used. 


Greetz, 

Louis




> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens mathias dufresne
> Verzonden: dinsdag 19 april 2016 16:27
> Aan: Alexsandro Oliveira
> CC: samba
> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Problem with backup and initiation
> 
> You're welcome ;)
> 
> Q1: no idea. We did that using our own little knowledge of the product.
> This means we did try several times before getting something acceptable.
> Unfortunately for now I'm not sure at all we get something more than
> acceptable... ie for now we expect our domain do not fail :)
> Note we have lot of DC on so we also rely on the hope that the DB itself
> won't go too much ccrazy to need a restoration. This because with several
> DC, as each DC as its own DB, as long as there is one DC with a coherent
> DB
> we don't care about restoration.
> With one DC with coherent DB the process is: kill all other DC (or just
> all
> broken DC) and join some new ones (new ones because VM, easy to start from
> fresh system).
> 
> Q2: my English is very... personal : ) I do not fully understand you
> question...
> Anyway I expect the question is something like "how to use systemd to deal
> with samba?"
> As I have no Debian here, only Redhat (bosses choices...), I can't
> guaranty
> you anything.
> Anyway service file (or "unit" file to speak systemd) are generally stored
> into:
> /lib/systemd/system
> /usr/lib/systemd/system
> 
> With samba as ADDC to start samba you can use the following:
> systemctl start samba-ad
> systemctl stop samba-ad (to stop it)
> 
> and "locate samba-ad" should give you were is that file.
> 
> Hoping I'm not too far of the subject...
> 
> M.
> 
> 
> 2016-04-19 14:35 GMT+02:00 Alexsandro Oliveira <xsandroveira at gmail.com>:
> 
> > hello mathias
> >
> > Thank you for answering, but there are still doubts.
> >
> > Q1 - Where can I get a step by step on how to backup and restore the
> > debian 8 For what do you spoke to; for me it was too technical could not
> > reach.
> > Q 2 - Samba in debian 8 in compiled mode is not the startup script only
> in
> > so apt, how I handle it when Samba is compiled?
> >
> > Grateful!
> > Alexsandro Oliveira
> > Note: I used Google Traslater am Brazilian.
> >
> > 2016-04-19 9:06 GMT-03:00 mathias dufresne <infractory at gmail.com>:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Q1: you can find the script somewhere else perhaps or simply backup
> files
> >> by yourself. We do that by ourselves using tdbdump for ldb files,
> getfacl
> >> to get the whole directory ACLs and that's almost everything (we don't
> work
> >> on that subject for months now so my memory is not up to date).
> >>
> >> The point with backup is not backup but restoration which are more
> >> complex (hardlinks to recreate as a first point where to fail).
> >>
> >> Q2: With almost all recent Linux systems you have systemd and recent
> >> Samba version are shipped with systemd init file. Debian 8 comes with
> >> systemd.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 2016-04-19 13:46 GMT+02:00 Alexsandro Oliveira
> <xsandroveira at gmail.com>:
> >>
> >>> Hello guys
> >>>
> >>> I have two questions.
> >>>
> >>> 1 - I installed Samba 4 in debian 8 via apt and watched the referenced
> >>> backup script that link
> >>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Backup_and_restore_an_Samba_AD_DC
> does
> >>> not
> >>> exist in Samba installed via apt.
> >>>
> >>> How do I bacxkup the Samba4 AD installed by apt?
> >>>
> >>> 2 - In another client installed in order compiled via source code in
> >>> debian
> >>> 8, everything working, but the startup script that is in this link is
> not
> >>> working. https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/InitScript,
> >>>
> >>> Does anyone have a script that funcone Debian 8
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Grateful!
> >>>
> >>> Alexsandro Oliveira
> >>> Note: I used Google Traslater am Brazilian.
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