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diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/Samba-BDC-HOWTO.sgml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/Samba-BDC-HOWTO.sgml index 53a0959c39a..7653e3d1c03 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/Samba-BDC-HOWTO.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/Samba-BDC-HOWTO.sgml @@ -157,10 +157,17 @@ Several things have to be done: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> -The file private/MACHINE.SID identifies the domain. When a samba -server is first started, it is created on the fly and must never be -changed again. This file has to be the same on the PDC and the BDC, -so the MACHINE.SID has to be copied from the PDC to the BDC. +The domain SID has to be the same on the PDC and the BDC. This used to +be stored in the file private/MACHINE.SID. This file is not created +anymore since Samba 2.2.5 or even earlier. Nowadays the domain SID is +stored in the file private/secrets.tdb. Simply copying the secrets.tdb +from the PDC to the BDC does not work, as the BDC would +generate a new SID for itself and override the domain SID with this +new BDC SID.</para> + +<para> +To retrieve the domain SID from the PDC or an existing BDC and store it in the +secrets.tdb, execute 'net rpc getsid' on the BDC. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> |