[Samba] idmap.ldb sync between DCs

[Rowland Penny]

On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:45:31 +0100
Luis Peromarta via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Guys,
> 
> I understand the need to have the idmap.ldb in DCs in sync, and I do
> regularly distribute PDC’s idmap to other DCs.

Please do not refer to the DC holding the PDC_Emulator FSMO role as a
'PDC', a PDC is something else entirely.

> 
> For those who don’t know:
> 
> http://samba.bigbird.es/doku.php?id=samba:sync-idmap.ldb
> 
> However, I wonder why this can not be done by samba automatically, or
> at least have an option to do it or not. I am not a programmer, but
> it just look like a very nice to have feature.

Whilst it could be done, it hasn't been seen as a priority, but I am
sure if someone wants to write the code, it would be looked on
favourably.

Rowland

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> LP