In the event demoting a DC caused an issue due to an error (yes, on the user part) could the demoted DC be re-joined to allow correction of the issue? Or should one never rejoin a demoted DC? -- Thank you. Bob Wooden
On Sun, 19 Nov 2017 14:57:38 -0600 Robert Wooden via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:> In the event demoting a DC caused an issue due to an error (yes, on > the user part) could the demoted DC be re-joined to allow correction > of the issue? > > Or should one never rejoin a demoted DC? >In theory, you should be able to demote a DC, clean everything up and re-join it to the domain. Unfortunately there have been a lot of reports of this not working, so I would change its hostname and IP before attempting the join. Rowland
On Sun, 2017-11-19 at 14:57 -0600, Robert Wooden via samba wrote:> In the event demoting a DC caused an issue due to an error (yes, on the > user part) could the demoted DC be re-joined to allow correction of the > issue?The samba-tool domain demote --remove-other-dead-server mode might be able to clean it up, give that a try. Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett https://samba.org/~abartlet/ Authentication Developer, Samba Team https://samba.org Samba Development and Support, Catalyst IT https://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba
Thanks Rowland & Andrew, Rowland, The last time I demoted I "got it cleaned up". This time, I am hoping for better results. I am fairly comfortable that I know what I did wrong (the last time) so . . . I'll see what happens. Andrew, Thanks for taking a moment out of your busy schedule. Yes, I am aware of "--remove-other-dead-server", that's mostly how I corrected my last mistake. Trying to get "things" to go smoother, this time. On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 3:32 PM, Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org> wrote:> On Sun, 2017-11-19 at 14:57 -0600, Robert Wooden via samba wrote: > > In the event demoting a DC caused an issue due to an error (yes, on the > > user part) could the demoted DC be re-joined to allow correction of the > > issue? > > The samba-tool domain demote --remove-other-dead-server mode might be > able to clean it up, give that a try. > > Andrew Bartlett > > -- > Andrew Bartlett > https://samba.org/~abartlet/ > Authentication Developer, Samba Team https://samba.org > Samba Development and Support, Catalyst IT > https://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba > > > > >-- Thank you. Bob Wooden 615.885.2846 www.donelsontrophy.com "Everyone deserves an award!!"