Le Monday 14 April 2008 16:07:08 Christian Perrier, vous avez écrit : > tags 473651 wontfix > thanks > > Quoting Christian Perrier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > It's harmless. Can be run online. And really helpfull in case of > > > corruption. > > > > Well, I agree that losing Winbind's ID mapping database is certainly > > not cool at all. > > > > I actually expect every experienced samba admin to backup that file > > and some others (I'd actually recommend backing up the entire > > /var/lib/samba directory) but at least helping the less experienced > > admin could be a good idea. After all, I still remember the days when > > I started using winbind and was ignorant about the importance of ID > > mapping. > > > > Other maintainers, objections about a daily cron job for winbind to > > backup this file ? > > > > Any ideas about other files important enough to be copied and waste > > some space in /var/backups ? > > After thinking deeper, I think that it would indeed be a dangerous > slope and something that the package cannot really handle well in > place of the local admin's policy. > > So, finally, I won't go this way and I don't see the need to develop > such script in the package. > > Gilles, I think this really belongs to the local admin duties...(s)he > should know that ID mapping is critical and has to be backed up.
So... I keep my script. I, the local admin, have learn that I have to backup this file because I have lost it... Perhaps should we at least have a big Warning somwhere, where everyone can see it ? In the winbind comments, in smb.conf ? In a doc file of the winbind package ?
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