[Samba] Samba 4.4.2 AD DC demote fails

[Miguel Medalha]

> The brute force removal really isn't as bad as it seems, if you have
> got all the data off the DC first and turned it off.  Indeed, it is
> actually more correct and more tested, cleaning up more of the right
> things.

What raises my doubts here is that I need to use the demoted server as a 
member server, and I would need to keep its name because it hosts the 
users' profiles and some other resources that have lots of GPOs pointing 
to. The editing needed to accommodate a change of name would be 
extensive and prone to error. Also, I don't have much time to do it, the 
resources are scarse and the system needs to be in production again. The 
Samba Wiki contains dire warnings about never ever connect to the 
network again a DC removed by brute force. Will it be ok if it is joined 
again as a member server with the same name? I fear that the cleaning 
done by "--remove-other-dead-server" may leave some residue  that will 
later wreak havoc on the working of the AD.

> In any case, I found and fixed the issue you hit last week, the patch
> is at https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11882

Ok, thank you! I will surelly give it a try.

> The syntax error should then go away (bug I have a patch for that as
> well, it is on samba-technical if you are curious).

Of course I am, more than curious! I can search for it, unless you give 
a pointer.

Thank you for your reply. This is robbing me much needed sleep time.