[Samba] security = ads, backend = ad parameter not working in samba 4.10.10

[Rowland penny]

On 05/12/2019 17:48, Sérgio Basto wrote:
> I did migration with something like this :
>
> ldbsearch -H /opt/samba/private/sam.ldb -s sub -b dc=old_ad,dc=local
> '(objectClass=user)' > user-export2.ldif
> scp user-export2.ldif to_the_new_machine:
>
> in new machine :
>
> sed -i 's/DC=old_ad/DC=corp/g; s/old_ad.local/corp.local/g' user-export2.ldif
> sed -i bla bla  user-export2.ldif
>
> ldbmodify -H /var/lib/samba/private/sam.ldb --controls=local_oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.7165.4.3.12:0 user-export2.ldif
>
Sorry, but it is more involved than that, you should have joined a new 
DC, then demoted the old DC, you might have had to do this a few times 
to move from Samba 4.x.x to a supported Samba version.

I am very surprised that this worked in any way at all.

Rowland