[Samba] samba-tool computer delete does not work

[Rowland Penny]

On Mon, 18 Nov 2024 13:40:39 +0000
Heinz Hölzl via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> hi,
> 
> I have to delete about 6000 old machine accounts.
> 
> samba-tool computer delete RESERVE23 does not end.

It should, at least it does for me and fairly quickly:

adminuser at rpidc1:~ $ time sudo samba-tool computer delete lmde5$
Deleted computer lmde5$

real	0m1.035s
user	0m0.801s
sys	0m0.174s

Note: I added the '$' at the end as a test, the 'help' from the command
says this:

The computername specified on the command is the sAMAccountName without the
trailing $ (dollar sign).

But the actual code checks if the '$' is there and adds it if it isn't.

So why is your attempt hanging ?
I take it you are running the command on a DC and as 'root'
Is your DC swamped by other ldap searches (most of which seem to be for
authentication and they could be done by other methods) ?

> 
> when I interrupt it with CRTL + C, the PC is deleted.
> deleting the computer accounts with RSAT works.
> 
> can i also delete the computer accounts with ldapdelete?

I would suggest using ldbdelete instead.

Rowland