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This change was suggested by Andrew Bartlett on the samba-technical mailing list. Karolin Autobuild-User(master): Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org> Autobuild-Date(master): Mon Sep 3 23:35:38 CEST 2012 on sn-devel-104
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
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<refentry id="tdbbackup.8">
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>tdbbackup</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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<refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
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<refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration tools</refmiscinfo>
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<refmiscinfo class="version">3.6</refmiscinfo>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>tdbbackup</refname>
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<refpurpose>tool for backing up and for validating the integrity of samba .tdb files</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>tdbbackup</command>
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<arg choice="opt">-s suffix</arg>
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<arg choice="opt">-v</arg>
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<arg choice="opt">-h</arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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<para>This tool is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
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<para><command>tdbbackup</command> is a tool that may be used to backup samba .tdb
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files. This tool may also be used to verify the integrity of the .tdb files prior
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to samba startup or during normal operation. If it finds file damage and it finds
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a prior backup the backup file will be restored.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>OPTIONS</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-h</term>
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<listitem><para>
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Get help information.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-s suffix</term>
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<listitem><para>
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The <command>-s</command> option allows the administrator to specify a file
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backup extension. This way it is possible to keep a history of tdb backup
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files by using a new suffix for each backup.
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</para> </listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-v</term>
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<listitem><para>
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The <command>-v</command> will check the database for damages (corrupt data)
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which if detected causes the backup to be restored.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>COMMANDS</title>
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<para><emphasis>GENERAL INFORMATION</emphasis></para>
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<para>
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The <command>tdbbackup</command> utility can safely be run at any time. It was designed so
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that it can be used at any time to validate the integrity of tdb files, even during Samba
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operation. Typical usage for the command will be:
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</para>
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<para>tdbbackup [-s suffix] *.tdb</para>
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<para>
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Before restarting samba the following command may be run to validate .tdb files:
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</para>
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<para>tdbbackup -v [-s suffix] *.tdb</para>
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<para>
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Samba .tdb files are stored in various locations, be sure to run backup all
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.tdb file on the system. Important files includes:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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<command>secrets.tdb</command> - usual location is in the /usr/local/samba/private
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directory, or on some systems in /etc/samba.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<command>passdb.tdb</command> - usual location is in the /usr/local/samba/private
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directory, or on some systems in /etc/samba.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<command>*.tdb</command> located in the /usr/local/samba/var directory or on some
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systems in the /var/cache or /var/lib/samba directories.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>VERSION</title>
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<para>This man page is correct for version 3 of the Samba suite.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>AUTHOR</title>
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<para>
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The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell.
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Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way
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the Linux kernel is developed.
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</para>
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<para>The tdbbackup man page was written by John H Terpstra.</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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