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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 err is human.? To purr, feline"

Hi every one! Until now, I used samba as a simple public share server... and now, I would like to use it with many account. I know it's possible, but I would like something particular: I would like to have SAMBA account independent from the unix account system! Here is how I think my system: all files on the server will be owned by a unix account dedicated to samba storage, but I would like

Hi people. I have had been working in my first PDC with samba+ldap, is working in Centos 5.3. Now I have been searching about how to backup this installation, for samba, looks like I need to backup: /etc/samba Exist some else that I need to backup for samba? Now, I had not been able to find something about how to backup my ldap server. I just backup /etc/openldap and /var/lb/ldap

Hello All, We have a problem with our samba-based print server (a redhat EL machine, running samba 3.2.8) occasionally getting corrupt ntprinters.tdb files. To combat it, I've been keeping nightly backups of the file, and restoring the latest whenever it crashes. This _almost_ works. When I restore the file, some of the printer settings - such as which driver it is using - seem to restore

...;"" Although we poorly understand the cause of the current issue, our suspicion is that it relates somehow to the enormous size of gencache_notrans.tdb. Can anybody comment on what this file is for? Looking at https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/install.html#tdbdocs I see no description of this file, only of gencache.tdb. Also, if anyone has experience with this type of issue or insight into it, your help is greatly appreciated :) Thank you so much for your time! Stewart Howard