> Our problems with the attempted upgrade to 2.2.8 continue. > On a production machine running 2.2.3, I backed out of the > 2.2.8 upgrade due to winbind strangeness reported in earlier > post. Things *appeared* normal, until this morning, when I > noticed that an 'ls -l' no longer shows domain usernames, and > a 'chacl -l' also no longer shows names, only winbind ids.
If winbind is not running, then nsswitch cannot convert those uid's to user names. Is it running? > Furthermore, comparing these ids to the output of 'getent > passwd' or 'getent group', it appears the idmap is totally > messed up. I have searched but not found any posts telling > how to rebuild this file -surely there must be a way? > > There are 400 domain users involved, so rebuilding by hand is > not an option... Uh oh, sounds like you'll have to restore your winbindd_idmap.tdb from backup. Perhaps the format of the tdb changed from 2.2.3 to 2.2.8... or maybe the file was lost during your upgrade/downgrade? Sorry not more help, ~ Daniel ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is the property of Time Inc. or its affiliates. It may be legally privileged and/or confidential and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). No addressee should forward, print, copy, or otherwise reproduce this message in any manner that would allow it to be viewed by any individual not originally listed as a recipient. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized disclosure, dissemination, distribution, copying or the taking of any action in reliance on the information herein is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this message. Thank you. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba