[ale] Samba lessons learned the hard way

[James P. Kinney III]

Yeah. The loss of that file is a network killer. I didn't find it in the
SAMBA docs, but in some docs on Microsoft network design. This is one of
those things that makes sense as long as there are no problems. But when
a problem occurs, it's a PIA. It makes replacing/upgrading a PDC a bit
trickier. But it is a WHOLE bunch easier than replacing a win2k server
box!

On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 11:07, Josh Freeman wrote:
> This may be common knowledge, but I haven't seen it documented yet, and
> managed to figure it out only after hours of pounding my head against
> the server rack. . .. .
> 
> If you decide to run samba as a PDC, make a backup of the file
> /usr/local/samba/private/MACHINE.SID.  This file is needed if you ever
> have to rebuild your machine and/or move your domain to a new server.
> Without it, you will have to recreate all your machine accounts.
> 
> Just passing that along.
> -- 
> Josh Freeman
> Technical Manager
> Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access 
> 
> 
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