> -----Original Message----- > To: Laurent Vaills > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Samba] Moving Samba from one computer to another one > >I need to move the samba server from one computer (samba > 2.2.3a, RedHat > >7.2) to another one (samba 2.2.7). This server acts as a PDC.
> Stop Samba on the new machine, delete MACHINE.SID and > secrets.tdb (you > wouldn't needed copiing them), edit smb.conf on the new > account and take > care to have domain master = no, start Samba on the old > machine, start > Samba on the new one, then on the new one as root type > smbpasswd -S . It > will store the domain SID of the old machine in secrets.tdb > of the new > machine. Stop samba on both machine. Edit smb.conf on the new > one, and > change domain master = yes. Thats all. Firstly, I was off sick yesterday, so I am about 4 days behind on my mail/lists, so if this questions has already been asked since your reply, I apologise in advance... This is all good if both machines are running, and I have recorded in my machine migration section of my files, but I have a question along similar lines... I backup nightly (lots of various stuff), including the /etc/samba/. Directory, /home/. Directory, /etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/shadow. If I was required to do a complete restore of my samba PDC, on different hardware, with only my backups (i.e. I couldn't do the migration method you mentioned), how would I do it (oh yes, and are I missing any important files in my backup selection)? I am just wondering, as I have seen this sort of question mentioning the SID problem before, and should really make sure my recovery plan is up to scratch Thanks in advance Max. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
