[Samba] Fwd: How to bulk add machine accounts during PDC hardware refresh?
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Michael Lueck mlu...@lueckdatasystems.com wrote: John Drescher wrote: Every time I have created a new PDC (in the last decade) I have just mirrored the LDAP and did not mess with new incompatible uids/gids BUT I DO NOT HAVE LDAP in the configuration. aaakkk!!! I know. Just copy the files /etc/passwd /etc/group and the folders /etc/samba /var/lib/samba /var/spool/samba /var/cache/samba John M. Drescher -- John M. Drescher -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Fwd: How to bulk add machine accounts during PDC hardware refresh?
John Drescher wrote: I know. Just copy the files /etc/passwd /etc/group and the folders /etc/samba /var/lib/samba /var/spool/samba /var/cache/samba So do not mess with the password hashes for machine accounts in /etc/passwd since that hashed password has to match the password in smbpasswd? If so, fffeeewww, now the task sounds doable! ;-) Thanks, -- Michael Lueck Lueck Data Systems http://www.lueckdatasystems.com/ -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Fwd: How to bulk add machine accounts during PDC hardware refresh?
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Michael Lueck mlu...@lueckdatasystems.com wrote: John Drescher wrote: I know. Just copy the files /etc/passwd /etc/group and the folders /etc/samba /var/lib/samba /var/spool/samba /var/cache/samba So do not mess with the password hashes for machine accounts in /etc/passwd since that hashed password has to match the password in smbpasswd? I would not mess with this. If so, fffeeewww, now the task sounds doable! ;-) I am saying it's much easier to copy the working server configuration to a new server than try to recreate the setup. Unless you really want to change the uids and gids. John -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba