samba - Mar 2000 - MACHINE.SID - what if I delete it

Hello,

I'm doing all sorts of testing with samba 2.0.6 and NT wks domain
logons. It is just a test environment, and since deleting and recreating
the /etc/MACHINE.SID file nothing is working.

If a person deletes that file, what has to be done to get NT wks domain
logons to work again?

Delete and recreate the machine names in passwd and smbpasswd?

Delete and recreate the NT usernames in passwd and smbpasswd?

Anything need to be done on the NT wks machines?

TIA - Eric

[Eric Dahnke]
> I'm doing all sorts of testing with samba 2.0.6 and NT wks domain
> logons. It is just a test environment, and since deleting and
> recreating the /etc/MACHINE.SID file nothing is working.
So Don't Do That. [tm]

MACHINE.SID holds the identity of the machine, as far as NT domains are 
concerned.  If you delete/recreate it, other machines who are supposed
to recognize you won't.  That means that if you were a domain member,
you no longer are.  If you were a domain controller, the domain members 
may or may not continue to trust you.
> If a person deletes that file, what has to be done to get NT wks
> domain logons to work again?
Are you a domain controller or just a domain member?  If you're a
domain member, you will need to rejoin the domain, the same way you did 
the first time.  If you are a domain controller, your clients may need
to rejoin the domain (I don't know), the same way *they* did the first
time.

Peter