[Samba] Samba does not replicate attributes added via ldbmodify

[Ralf Spenneberg]

Hi Andrew,

I never got back to you. The rejoining worked fine. The attributes 
replicated once they were added correctly.

Thanks a lot,

Ralf

Am 13.10.22 um 08:54 schrieb Ralf Spenneberg via samba:
> Andrew,
> 
> thanks a lot for the suggestions and your help.
> 
> Ralf
> 
> Am 13.10.22 um 08:26 schrieb Andrew Bartlett:
>> On Thu, 2022-10-13 at 08:21 +0200, Ralf Spenneberg wrote:
>>> Hi Andrew,
>>>
>>> Am 13.10.22 um 08:14 schrieb Andrew Bartlett:
>>>>>> (And don't worry, it is not case sensitive and is self-correcting of
>>>>>> case, if Samba accepts the modify it should replicate, as long as you
>>>>>> don't access the files under sam.ldb.d/ directly).
>>>>> Well, the ldbmodify usedc was:
>>>>> ldbmodify -v -H 'DC=AD,DC=DOMAIN,DC=DE.ldb' <
>>>>> /root/replace-proxyAddresses.ldif
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this count as modifying the files directly?
>>>>
>>>> Yes.  Your domain is now (subtly) corrupt.  Do not pass go, do not 
>>>> collect $200. ;-)
>>> Ok, I already assumed something like that.
>>>> The file to modify it the sam.ldb file in the directory above, this 
>>>> provides the correct interface.
>>> So what would have been the correct command?
>>> ldapmodify -H /var/lib/samba/private/sam.ldb < xxx.ldif?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>
>>>> dbcheck might fix it.
>>> I already ran dbcheck. But it did not help. Could I try to repair the
>>> replication by rejoining the backup dc?
>>
>> Yes, just join a new DC to the domain (you could rejoin the DC you 
>> modified to the backup), that attribute won't replicate over and it 
>> will all be as if this never happened.
>>
>>
>> Then demote the existing DC that you modified.
>>
>>
>> Andrew Bartlett
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
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