[Samba] Migration from samba_dsdb to tdbsam.

[Dewayne Geraghty]

While trying to resolve the loss of prefix for full_audit, I attempted to
update from Samba 4.3.9 to 4.4.5. Its a very simple environment,
standalone server running on i386 built from source.

After performing the build and installation, I was informed that
passdb backend = samba_dsdb
was no longer supported, so I commented out the line, to find which default
I should use. testparm advises it should be:
passdb backend = tdbsam

Is there a mechanism/tool to convert the backend samba_dsdb to tdbsam?

Regards, Dewayne.

[Dewayne Geraghty]

Post by Dewayne Geraghty
While trying to resolve the loss of prefix for full_audit, I
attempted to
update from Samba 4.3.9 to 4.4.5. Its a very simple environment,
standalone server running on i386 built from source.
After performing the build and installation, I was informed that
passdb backend = samba_dsdb
was no longer supported, so I commented out the line, to find which default
passdb backend = tdbsam
Is there a mechanism/tool to convert the backend samba_dsdb to tdbsam?

samba_dsdb is still a core and required aspect of the AD DC. Perhaps
you built without AD DC support?
Andrew Bartlett
--
Andrew Bartlett http://samba.org/~abartlet/
Authentication Developer, Samba Team http://samba.org
Samba Developer, Catalyst IT
http://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba

Thank-you Andrew. I mistakenly used my member-server build which as you
point out was not built with AD DC options (instead AD client support, CUPS
...).

As a side note - if anyone (else) "blindly" comments out their passdb
backend statement to see what testparms says is the default, and mistakenly
tries to run smbd, be prepared to restore your backend.

Pointy-hat award!