[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Adam Williams wrote: > > | In /varcache/samba/ I have several .tdb files. > | Like brlock.tdb, locking.tdb, ntdrivers.tdb, etc. > | Excusing my ignorance, what are these files, and > | what do they do? And why must they be copied when > | migrating from one samba server to a new one? > > Samba uses a lightweight database called Trivial Database > (tdb). Here's the list (john, we should really document > this somewhere).
<snip -- excellent list removed and saved away> > winbindd_idmap.tdb* winbindd's local idmap db > The following tdb's should be backed up IMO: > > nt*.tdb > account_policy.tdb > group_mapping.tdb > share_info.tdb If you're running with winbind and using local tdbs rather than LDAP, I'd vote to add the winbindd_idmap.tdb to the list of things to backup. In fact I tdbbackup this file once an hour into a winbindd_idmap.tdb.HH file. (where HH is 0-23) We've had a few of these files get corrupt and then you end up no owners & groups on all/some of your files. It is a real mess. Bill Marshall IBM Global Services Unix & Intel Servers Rochester PC Server Team -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
