[Samba] metod for change domain name

[Marcos Ariel Negrini]

Hello Rowland:
the restore does not give error, the issue is which directory to point 
to in the restore, because it asks me for an empty directory, otherwise 
it throws error.... and as it is compiled I can not empty the 
/usr/local/samba, because there I have the binary of the restore 
command, so I tried erasing the /usr/local/samba/var and telling it to 
restore there, but the content that generates me is different from the 
original var, and does not match the original /usr/local/samba, so I 
deduced that it would be the contents of /var of an installation from 
repos...

for example:


original:

/usr/local/samba:

bin
bind-dns
etc
include
lib
lib64
private
sbin
share
var

/usr/local/samba/var:

cache
lib
lock
locks
run

restore in:

/usr/local/samba/var:

backup.txt
bind-dns
etc
gencache.tdb
msg.lock
names.tdb
private
state

that's why I said that I understand that moving file by file of the 
restore in the original installation could work .. but I wanted to know 
if it's okay to do so or is likely to break everything.

Regards


El 15/04/2021 a las 10:01, Rowland penny via samba escribió:
> On 15/04/2021 13:42, Marcos Ariel Negrini via samba wrote:
>> Hello:
>> I am trying to make a copy of my Samba4-AD to a test environment, and 
>> for questions of my company they ask me that the domain name is 
>> different(standardization issues). I was trying with "samba-tool 
>> domain backup rename", the problem is that our installations are 
>> compiled from the tar.gz .. and the restoration, by the files that I 
>> understand that this thought for samba's installed from 
>> repositories.. in the command options beyond the option of a single 
>> directory does not let me indicate where each part of the Samba4-AD...
>> My first question is if I am right and this method does not work (at 
>> least not directly, I understand that if I could move file by file to 
>> the destinations of my installation compiled from tar.gz and see if 
>> it works) for tar.gz installations.
>> My second question is if there is any other method to make the domain 
>> change in a samba4-AD.
>> I've been searching but I can't find any clear information.
>> Regards
>>
>
> This is something I haven't tried, but it is my understanding that it 
> should work with a package installed or a self compiled Samba. If it 
> isn't working what errors are you getting ?
>
> There is no other way of changing a Samba AD domain name and the 
> method described in the wiki is only meant to be used for testing 
> purposes.
>
> Rowland
>
>
>
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