samba - Oct 2022 - Samba server name change and aliases

We use "security=ads" and also "idmap config DOMAIN : backend =
ad".  When my server has a netbios name and also one or more netbios
aliases, do I need to "net ads join" all of the possible names, or
only the primary netbios name?

Secondly, if I remove/add a netbios name, does anything need to be purged
between the name change: "net cache flush" or removing any .TDB files?

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Shannon Price

On 25/10/2022 21:50, Shannon Price via samba wrote:
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> We use "security=ads" and also "idmap config DOMAIN :
backend = ad".  When my server has a netbios name and also one or more
netbios aliases, do I need to "net ads join" all of the possible
names, or only the primary netbios name?
> 
> Secondly, if I remove/add a netbios name, does anything need to be purged
between the name change: "net cache flush" or removing any .TDB files?
> 
> --
> Shannon Price
> 
I take it that 'DOMAIN' is the placeholder for the correct NetBIOS 
domain name (aka workgroup).

Every Samba Unix domain member has a netbios name (the computers short 
hostname in capitals), but you do not need to set the 'netbios name = 
XXXXX' line in smb.conf, Samba will do it for you.

You also should not be using 'netbios aliases' in a Unix domain members 
smb.conf, you should set CNAME's in AD dns, Samba no longer uses NetBios 
or wins.

Rowland