[Samba] winbind generates a UID for a group

Rowland Penny rpenny at samba.org
Wed Mar 9 15:18:24 UTC 2022


On Wed, 2022-03-09 at 15:49 +0100, Kees van Vloten via samba wrote:
> On 09-03-2022 15:46, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
> > On Wed, 2022-03-09 at 15:40 +0100, L.P.H. van Belle via samba
> > wrote:
> > > @Rowland.
> > > 
> > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > > > Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens
> > > > Rowland Penny via samba
> > > > Verzonden: woensdag 9 maart 2022 15:21
> > > > Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
> > > > CC: Rowland Penny
> > > > Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] winbind generates a UID for a group
> > > .....
> > > > No, I have no idea what happened there, I cut&pasted the link,
> > > > which
> > > > looked correct, but the actual address somehow lost a ')'
> > > > from the end.
> > > > Lets try again :-)
> > > > 
> > > > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/SysVol_replication_(DFS-R)
> > > > 
> > > Maybe an idea to add the instruction of the copy idmap.ldb
> > > As shown here also in above page.
> > > 
> > > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Joining_a_Samba_DC_to_an_Existing_Active_Directory#Built-in_User_.26_Group_ID_Mappings
> > I have been thinking about this, perhaps it should be on the page I
> > have been having trouble posting a link to:
> > 
> > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/SysVol_replication_(DFS-R)
> > 
> > 
> > > Also, Kees notices that if you use tdbbackup the file created is
> > > smaller in size, are we sure its exact the same.
> > tdbbackup removes spaces, but the data is correct.
> 
> Is there a way to show the content (or compare it with another file)
> of 
> idmap.ldb (or any other ldb file)?

You can read idmap.ldb with ldbedit or search it with ldbsearch.

Rowland





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