samba - Jan 2020 - TDB databases on x86_64 and ppc64

Hi,

just to be sure:
can I use TDB databases that were created on ppc64 on a x86_64 platform?

thx
Matthias

On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 01:19:18PM +0100, Matthias Leopold via samba
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> just to be sure:
> can I use TDB databases that were created on ppc64 on a x86_64 platform?
Yes, the database internal structures are all endian-independent
and I believe all persistent database useage within Samba itself
is also endian-indepentent. Not the transient databases of course
but they get recreated on startup.

On 13/01/2020 18:34, Jeremy Allison via samba wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 01:19:18PM +0100, Matthias Leopold via samba wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> just to be sure:
>> can I use TDB databases that were created on ppc64 on a x86_64
platform?
> Yes, the database internal structures are all endian-independent
> and I believe all persistent database useage within Samba itself
> is also endian-indepentent. Not the transient databases of course
> but they get recreated on startup.
>
My thoughts were, 'why' ?

Why do you need to use .tdb files created on one architecture on another ?

If we are talking about a Unix domain member, then they all get 
recreated, except for the printing ones. It is the same on an AD DC.

Rowland