[Samba] GID mappings of built-in groups when addin additional dc

[Rowland Penny]

On Sun, 2 Oct 2016 12:44:52 +0200
Achim Gottinger via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> Am 02.10.2016 um 12:24 schrieb Rowland Penny via samba:
> > On Sun, 2 Oct 2016 11:45:15 +0200
> > Achim Gottinger via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Am 02.10.2016 um 08:20 schrieb Trenta sis via samba:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I have a samba 4.4.5 AD domain and is working perfect, but now I
> >>> need to add a second samba 4 AD, I have found that in
> >>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Join_an_additional_Samba_DC_to_an_existing_Active_Directory
> >>> is detailed the correct steps, my question is about step related
> >>> with winbind (tdbbackup) builtin groups, appears a message "*NOTE:
> >>> Only do this if you are running a version of Samba before 4.2.0 or
> >>> are using the built-in winbind.*" but I'm not sure if in my
> >>> environment I have to make this step.
> >>>
> >>> I have installed and configured samba 4.4.5 from sources and only
> >>> added
> >>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setup_Samba_as_an_AD_Domain_Member#libnss_winbind
> >>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Libnss_winbind_links
> >>>
> >>> In my environment is needed tdbbackup when you adds second dc?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >> The step "GID mapping of build-in groups" is still required with
> >> 4.4.5, no matter if you use winbind or winbindd.
> >>
> > This is no longer required on any supported version of Samba, you
> > just need to run 'samba-tool ntacl sysvolreset'
> >
> > Rowland
> We discussed this a while back, back then you did not have the time
> to compare your rsync setup.
> 
> It is still required if you do not want to run sysvolreset after each 
> rsync of the sysvol folders.
> 
> 

No it isn't, if you are using winbindd on the DCs, you only need to
sync sysvol and then run sysvolreset, you can do this automatically
with osync, see here:

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Bidirectional_Rsync/osync_based_SysVol_replication_workaround

Rowland