[Samba] Samba does not replicate attributes added via ldbmodify
Andrew Bartlett
abartlet at samba.org
Thu Oct 13 06:26:49 UTC 2022
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 ofcase, if Samba accepts the modify it should
> > > > replicate, as long as youdon'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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