[Samba] Error samba backup 4.10.5
Trenta sis
trenta.sis at gmail.com
Mon Aug 5 17:10:59 UTC 2019
Hi,
Will be solved on next minor release? It is important to ensure
concistent backup for production environment with samba
Any scheduled date for this bug with offline backup mode?
Thanks
Missatge de Tim Beale <timbeale at catalyst.net.nz> del dia dt., 9 de
jul. 2019 a les 1:57:
>
> On 8/07/19 6:21 PM, Trenta sis wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > OK, perfect, is correct to use old samba_backup script as workround to
> > make backups until no solution about this bug?
> > Thanks
> >
> Try using online backup on samba v4.10.6 first (it's now been released).
> Note that you can run an online backup from any machine (you don't
> necessarily have to change the samba version on the DC itself).
>
> I haven't used the samba_backup script myself. The git history says that
> 'samba-tool domain backup offline' "...replaces samba_backup as that
> tool does not handle sam.ldb and secrets.ldb correctly. Those two
> databases need to have transactions started on them before their
> downstream ldb and tdb files are backed up." Basically I think it was
> possible to potentially get a corrupt/inconsistent database using the
> old samba_backup script, if the database was changing at the point you
> made the backup.
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