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[Samba] Undocumented TDB files
In samba3-3.3.9-40.el4 and samba3-3.4.7-42.el5 there are 3 .tdb files /var/lib/samba/locking.tdb /var/lib/samba/wins.tdb /var/lib/samba/mutex.tdb which are not documented in http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/install.html# tdbdocs. Are they persistent or temporary? Moray. "To ... 23 Apr 2010 17:52

[Samba] RE Undocumented TDB files
Hi, /var/lib/samba/locking.tdb status of locked and open file /var/lib/samba/wins.tdb DB of wins entry, this tdb exist only if samba act as a wins server /var/lib/samba/mutex.tdb I don't know ----------------------------------- Stéphane PURNELLE Admin. Systèmes et Réseaux... 23 Apr 2010 17:52

[Samba] Is it EVER needed to set up kerberos manually if you use samba to join an ADS domain as a domain member?
Hi folks! We finally have an answer to a question posted in 2009... and the answer is: YES SET UP KERBEROS. Here is the original thread: http://www.pubbs.net/200910/samba/27283-samba-is-it-ever-needed-to-set-u p-kerberos-manually-if-you-use-samba-to-join-an-ads-domain-as-a-domain-m ember.html ... 23 Apr 2010 17:52

Winbind 3.5.2 caching issues under SLES11???
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Oliver Weinmann <oliver.weinmann(a)vega.de> wrote: I don't know if this is a problem of SLES11 or winbind itself. I recently installed the lastest samba winbind 3..5.2 on a SLES9 box and a SLES11 box. If I remove a user from a group in Active Directory the change is vi... 27 Apr 2010 11:02

Server-Profile only applied when domain user gets Admin privileges on WinXP
Our problem was caused by a domain sid mismatch. Fix: clone domain sid from source system net getdomainsid to target system net setdomainsid -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba ... 23 Apr 2010 17:52

Registry Settings for Windows 7
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 04:31:26PM +0000, ray klassen wrote: The sambawiki has some helpful info on a windows 7 box joining a samba 3 domain. It also worked fine with windows 2008 server. My problem is this (quoting from the wiki) "Changing the Primary Domain DNS name of this computer to "" failed. ... 20 Apr 2010 19:41

Samba Secondary Groups
I had that problem with samba 3.4.X on ubuntu 9.10, the only way I could get it to work was to use 777 folder permissions as you describe. The fix for me was to go to samba 3.5.X which fixed that and several other problems like not being able to login to samba from OS X. Tried the same on a CENTOS 5.4 install as ... 23 Apr 2010 21:17

[Samba] Registry Settings for Windows 7
The sambawiki has some helpful info on a windows 7 box joining a samba 3 domain. It also worked fine with windows 2008 server. My problem is this (quoting from the wiki) "Changing the Primary Domain DNS name of this computer to "" failed. The name will remain "MYDOM". The error was: The specified ... 20 Apr 2010 16:13

[Samba] Windows 7 can't see my Samba server
It's really weird how many times thing break in threes. This time is was my wife's laptop, my router and a phone. Anyway... My network has a router and 2 computers; my F11 box with the samba server on it called steve and my wife's laptop now running Windows 7 called Kellie-PC. My old router was a Linksys WR... 20 Apr 2010 16:13

Samba on Solaris 8
Done the following; crle -l /usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/samba/lib Now I don't get the errors, but still nmbd & smbd do not start. Any clues, anyone? Sláinte, David "Build a man a fire he'll be warm for a day, set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life" - Terry Pratchett ... 20 Apr 2010 16:13