[Samba] Usage of the machine account for ldapsearch

[Rowland Penny]

On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 13:44:09 +0100
Matthias Kühne | Ellerhold Aktiengesellschaft via samba
<samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hallo Rowland,
> 
> sadly my ldbsearch has no "-P" switch. Looking through the files on
> my domain member I cant find any *.ldb files. These are only
> available on a DC.
> 
> This works on a DC:
> 
> # ldbsearch -H 
> /var/lib/samba/private/sam.ldb.d/DC=AD,DC=ELLERHOLD,DC=LAN.ldb -a
> 
> But I had hopes to use the machine account on a domain member.
> 
> Using "groups <USER>" is out too, because if a user hasnt logged in 
> awhile, then his group membership is just Domain Users and nothing
> more.
> 
> Thanks and have a nice day.
> 

This is why I install all Samba packages, whether I am going to run
Samba as a DC or a Domain member.

Rowland