Bug#473651: [samba] Add a regular backup of .tdb files

2009-08-24 Thread Erik Rossen
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 05:33:35PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > I agree that these are equally as important as *passdb.tdb* to back up. But > "copy to /var/backups" is not an appropriate backup strategy - these files > are already under /var/lib and should therefore already be part of any > syst

Bug#473651: [samba] Add a regular backup of .tdb files

2009-08-23 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 11:02:31PM +0200, Erik Rossen wrote: > I just spent an hour modifying and testing the pre-existing > /etc/cron.daily/samba to backup the /var/lib/samba/*.tdb files to > /var/backups/samba on a number of Samba servers that I manage. > If /etc/samba/smbpasswd is important eno

Bug#473651: [samba] Add a regular backup of .tdb files

2009-08-23 Thread Erik Rossen
Package: samba Version: 2:3.2.5-4lenny6 Followup-For: Bug #473651 On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:08:20 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > Actually yes, I do object because I don't think we should be doing piecemeal > backups in individual packages. Losing winbind_idmap is bad, but not worse > than losing ot

Bug#473651: [Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#473651: [samba] Add a regular backup of .tdb files

2008-04-16 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 07:28:55AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Gilles Mocellin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Package: samba > > Version: 3.0.28a-1 > > Severity: minor > > --- Please enter the report below this line. --- > > I recently had a corrupted /var/lib/samba/winbind_idmap.tdb file.

Bug#473651: [Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#473651: Bug#473651: [samba] Add a regular backup of .tdb files

2008-04-14 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Gilles Mocellin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > 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.c

Bug#473651: [Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#473651: Bug#473651: [samba] Add a regular backup of .tdb files

2008-04-14 Thread Gilles Mocellin
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 dat

Bug#473651: [Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#473651: Bug#473651: [samba] Add a regular backup of .tdb files

2008-04-14 Thread Christian Perrier
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 a

Bug#473651: [Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#473651: [samba] Add a regular backup of .tdb files

2008-03-31 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Gilles Mocellin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Package: samba > Version: 3.0.28a-1 > Severity: minor > > --- Please enter the report below this line. --- > I recently had a corrupted /var/lib/samba/winbind_idmap.tdb file. > It was not cool to recover. > > I saw a crontab file for (/etc/cron.daily

Bug#473651: [samba] Add a regular backup of .tdb files

2008-03-31 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Package: samba Version: 3.0.28a-1 Severity: minor --- Please enter the report below this line. --- I recently had a corrupted /var/lib/samba/winbind_idmap.tdb file. It was not cool to recover. I saw a crontab file for (/etc/cron.daily/samba) which backups the smbpasswd file. It could also make