[Samba] Question RE upgrading Linux domain member

[Rowland Penny]

On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 21:07:01 +0100
Jakob Curdes via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> >>> Once data is rsynced join domain with the same IDMAP as the
> >>> original.
> >> Hello Luis, this sounds like a plan, wht do you mean by "with the
> >> same IDMAP as the original"? How do I achieve this?
> >>
> >> Best regards, Jakob Curdes
> >>
> >>
> > I would have thought this was fairly obvious, whatever smb.conf is
> > used on the old Linux domain member should be used on the new one,
> > just run testparm on it on the new domain member, in case you have
> > any removed parameters. If unsure, just post it here.
> 
> Hello Rowland, that is pretty obvious and I am using the exact same 
> smb.conf as for the old server. I was just wondering if there is 
> something else that is not in the smb.conf and that I was missing.
> 

We haven't seen your smb.conf , so cannot say if anything is missing,
or if you should alter or add anything. We also do not know what you
are upgrading from and to, also my crystal ball is away at the menders
;-)

Rowland