On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 15:16 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> Is there a possibility to add entries to the winbindd_idmap.tdb manually?

use net idmap dump and net idmap restore to dump the db, modify it and
restore, but be extremely careful in what you do.

> I know I can use tdbdump to see the entries, but is there a chance to modify?

not with tdbdump, see above

> My problem is I have to map some uid to some Windows SID without using LDAP. 
> On the other hand new user not having any uid in linux should map to the 
> range of uid I defind by using
> 
> idmap uid = 10000-20000
> 
> 2nd Question:
> 
> Is it possible to backup winbindd_idmap.tdb by just copy the file and use 
> this file to replace in case of corruption of the original file?

no, you may have a corrup file as outcome, use tdbbackup that guarantees
a complete database traversal record by record.

Simo.

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