tags 473651 wontfix thanks Quoting Christian Perrier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > It's harmless. Can be run online. And really helpfull in case of corruption. > > Well, I agree that losing Winbind's ID mapping database is certainly > not cool at all. > > I actually expect every experienced samba admin to backup that file > and some others (I'd actually recommend backing up the entire > /var/lib/samba directory) but at least helping the less experienced > admin could be a good idea. After all, I still remember the days when > I started using winbind and was ignorant about the importance of ID > mapping. > > Other maintainers, objections about a daily cron job for winbind to > backup this file ? > > Any ideas about other files important enough to be copied and waste > some space in /var/backups ? After thinking deeper, I think that it would indeed be a dangerous slope and something that the package cannot really handle well in place of the local admin's policy. So, finally, I won't go this way and I don't see the need to develop such script in the package. Gilles, I think this really belongs to the local admin duties...(s)he should know that ID mapping is critical and has to be backed up.
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