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Samba stores its data in TDB files. TDB stands for "Tiny database" and was first introduced in Samba 3.0 as a way to store information quickly and effectively. |
Samba stores its data in TDB files. TDB stands for "Tiny database" and was first introduced in Samba 3.0 as a way to store information quickly and effectively. |
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TDB files normally are stored in 2 locations: |
TDB files normally are stored in 2 locations:<br> |
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1. /var/lock <br> |
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2. (your private directory where you smbpasswd is stored). |
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They sometimes break and the only way to fix them is to stop samba, move them into a suspect folder, and restart samba. Samba will recreate the files. There are 2 tools available but they only let you see what is inside the database or back the database up |
They sometimes break and the only way to fix them is to stop samba, move them into a suspect folder, and restart samba. Samba will recreate the files. There are 2 tools available but they only let you see what is inside the database or back the database up |
Revision as of 00:45, 14 December 2006
Samba stores its data in TDB files. TDB stands for "Tiny database" and was first introduced in Samba 3.0 as a way to store information quickly and effectively.
TDB files normally are stored in 2 locations:
1. /var/lock
2. (your private directory where you smbpasswd is stored).
They sometimes break and the only way to fix them is to stop samba, move them into a suspect folder, and restart samba. Samba will recreate the files. There are 2 tools available but they only let you see what is inside the database or back the database up