On Wed, 15 May 2002, drenning, bruce wrote: > > 1. This isn't really a winbind issue, just my *nix ignorance... our > > domain name is longer than 8 chars. Therefore, the owner & group of > > every file (ls -l) shows up the same. I have to ls -ln, then grep the > > results of getent group|passwd to look up the desired number. Not the > > end of the world, but definitely a pain. Any way for me to format ls > > or somehow check the owners of a file without going at it this round > > about way?
It's a shortcoming in 'ls'. You could fix it in the source if you have it. > > 2. If the .tdb files in /var/cache/samba get corrupted, I assume that > > all file ownership will have to be re-applied to match the new SID-id > > pairs when these tables are re-created. From a backup/restore point of > > view, will this dir stand on it's own? Can I back it up each night & > > if something goes wrong, stop winbindd & drop it back in? The main file of importance is winbindd_idmap.tdb. The winbindd_cache file is for performance optimization. It can be deleted and will be rebuild automtically without any real adverse effects. cheers, jerry --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hewlett-Packard http://www.hp.com SAMBA Team http://www.samba.org -- http://www.plainjoe.org "Sam's Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours" 2ed. ISBN 0-672-32269-2 --"I never saved anything for the swim back." Ethan Hawk in Gattaca-- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
