OS X + LDAP + SMB + PDC

[theindianmaiden]

I am able to replicate the LDAP but I am unable to establish a BDC on the same replicated server. I get the following error:

Oct 19 18:45:53 sadmin servermgrd[47]: servermgr_smb: (BDC) net rpc join error [1]

Can someone please point me in the right direction here?

Thanks

[mcnaugha]

Did you get this error resolved? We’re now getting this after recovering from a disaster situation.

Our original Master died with no backup. The replica was promoted to Master and then we took an OD Archive out of it and transplanted that into a new Master. The we clean installed the replica and activated it as a replica. At first there was some sort of password error but then everything was ok. Switching to SMB to change to BDC results in an instant failure and the only evidence showing is that message you got above.

[mcnaugha]

I resolved this by using a simple process I had forgotten I discovered last August.

First, on the Master, run the following post-archive restoration:

sudo mkpassdb -kerberize

Then you need to demote the PDC on the Master back to Standalone. Don’t worry, unlike demoting the Open Directory, this won’t destroy anything. Then re-promote to PDC. This somehow re-sequences the Domain SID.

After the above my BDC capability on a new Replica was restored. 😀

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