[OpenIndiana-discuss] restore smb SIDs

[Geoff Nordli]

On 13-08-27 10:58 AM, real-men-dont-click at gmx.net wrote:
> -----Original message-----
> From:	Geoff Nordli <geoffn at gnaa.net>
> Sent:	Thu 22-08-2013 17:41
> Subject:	[OpenIndiana-discuss] restore smb SIDs
> To:	Discussion list for OpenIndiana <openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org>;
>> I have a backup system, that I would like to restore the smb related
>> users and their SIDs.
>>
>> Any clues on what files I need to copy over in order to recover the users?
>>
>> The server is in workgroup mode.
>>
>> Where is the SID database held?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Geoff
> Geoff,
>
> this depends on the "passdb backend" setting in your smb.conf file. The default setting is tdbsam. In that case lookout for the file /etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb. There might be other tdb files as well that may need to be copied over.
>
> hope this helps
>
>
> Carsten
>

Hi Carsten.

I am using the built-in kcifs for smb.

I was looking around for a tdb file and I could find one.

This is kind of a low priority now since I have just rebuilt the users, 
but it would be good to know for future situations where I inadvertently 
boot into the wrong BE and lose some changes.  :)

thanks,

Geoff