[Samba] Should Samba-tool RODC preload be run periodically?
Andrew Bartlett
abartlet at samba.org
Tue Nov 28 18:55:23 UTC 2017
On Wed, 2017-11-29 at 07:26 +1300, Andrew Bartlett via samba wrote:
> On Tue, 2017-11-28 at 15:03 +0000, Andrej Gessel via samba wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I run “samba-tool rodc preload” for multiple users. If one of this users change his password, should I repeat the preload call? (I suppose yes, I need to rerun)
> > If I need to rerun samba-tool, can user login with his old password till its expire? (I suppose yes?)
>
> The design is that we get a replication event with a blank password in
> it, causing the password to be wiped locally. That triggers the next
> login to go via the master DC which if successful triggers a async
> replication of the new password.
>
> So, it is meant to be safe for password change/reset, and there are
> tests for this.
I should point out that the RODC is only working and secure in Samba
4.7 and above.
Thanks,
Andrew Bartlett
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