[Samba] Rename user

Carlos carlos.hollow at gmail.com
Wed Apr 27 19:13:41 UTC 2022


Hi!!


In dc,  id and getent, list username new, correct.

But if change again:

samba-tool user rename XXXX --surname='YYYY'

XXX= OLD NAME

YYY= NEW NAME

Erro ocurred:

ERROR: Unable to find user "XXX"

regards;




Em 27/04/2022 15:52, Rowland Penny via samba escreveu:
> On Wed, 2022-04-27 at 15:20 -0300, Carlos via samba wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> smb.conf
>>
>>
>> [global]
>>       workgroup = XXXX
>>       realm = GRUPO.XXXX.COM.BR
>>
>>
>>
>>           security = ADS
>>
>>           idmap config * : backend = tdb
>>           idmap config * : range = 3000-7999
>>           idmap config XXXX : backend = rid
>>           idmap config XXXX : range = 100000-999999
>>
>>
>>           allow trusted domains = yes
>>           winbind use default domain = yes
>>           winbind refresh tickets = Yes
>>           winbind offline logon = no
>>           winbind cache time = 60
>>
>>           winbind enum users  = yes
>>           winbind enum groups = yes
>>
>>           template shell = /bin/bash
>>           template homedir = /home/%U
>>
>>           map to guest = bad user
>>           guest ok = yes
>>
>>
>> Yes, i trie any porcess,  like:
>>
>> hat I already did, but if successful:
>>
>> service winbind stop
>> service smbd stop
>> service nmbd stop
>>
>> net cache flush
>> rm -f /var/lib/samba/*.tdb
>> rm -f /var/lib/samba/group_mapping.ldb
>> net ads join -U Administrator
>> service smbd start
>> service nmbd start
>>
>> service winbind start
>
> You should only need to flush the cache, there should be no need to
> delete tdb's and rejoin the domain.
>
> I think I know what is going on here, when you rename a user on
> Windows, it doesn't rename everything. The latest Samba versions now
> have 'samba-tool user rename' and its usage is this:
>
> Usage: samba-tool user rename <username> [options]
>
> Rename a user and related attributes.
>
> This command allows to set the user's name related attributes. The
> user's
> CN will be renamed automatically.
> The user's new CN will be made up by combining the given-name, initials
> and surname. A dot ('.') will be appended to the initials automatically
> if required.
> Use the --force-new-cn option to specify the new CN manually and the
> --reset-cn option to reset this change.
>
> Use an empty attribute value to remove the specified attribute.
>
> The username specified on the command is the sAMAccountName.
>
> The command may be run locally from the root userid or another
> authorized
> userid.
>
> The -H or --URL= option can be used to execute the command against a
> remote
> server.
>
> Example1:
> samba-tool user rename johndoe --surname='Bloggs'
>
> Example1 shows how to change the surname of a user 'johndoe' to
> 'Bloggs' on
> the local server. The user's CN will be renamed automatically, based on
> the given name, initials and surname.
>
> Example2:
> samba-tool user rename johndoe --force-new-cn='John Bloggs (Sales)' \
>      --surname=Bloggs -H ldap://samba.samdom.example.com -U
> administrator
>
> Example2 shows how to rename the CN of a user 'johndoe' to 'John Bloggs
> (Sales)'.
> Additionally the surname ('sn' attribute) is set to 'Bloggs'.
> The -H parameter is used to specify the remote target server.
>
>
> Options:
>    -h, --help            show this help message and exit
>    -H URL, --URL=URL     LDB URL for database or target server
>    --surname=SURNAME     New surname
>    --given-name=GIVEN_NAME
>                          New given name
>    --initials=INITIALS   New initials
>    --force-new-cn=NEW_CN
>                          Specify a new CN (RDN) instead of using a
> combination
>                          of the given name, initials and surname.
>    --reset-cn            Set the CN (RDN) to the combination of the
> given name,
>                          initials and surname. Use this option to reset
> the
>                          changes made with the --force-new-cn option.
>    --display-name=DISPLAY_NAME
>                          New display name
>    --mail-address=MAIL_ADDRESS
>                          New email address
>    --samaccountname=SAMACCOUNTNAME
>                          New account name (sAMAccountName/logon name)
>    --upn=UPN             New user principal name
>
> Rowland
>
>
>



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