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diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/Samba-BDC-HOWTO.sgml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/Samba-BDC-HOWTO.sgml index 7653e3d1c0..53a0959c39 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/Samba-BDC-HOWTO.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/Samba-BDC-HOWTO.sgml @@ -157,17 +157,10 @@ Several things have to be done: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> -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. +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. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> |