Zimbra + Samba - can't restore accounts from backup

[mozg31337]

Hello everyone,

I've tried to restore an account from backup, but failed with the following error:

$ zmrestore -a <username> -restoreToTime 20090927060000 -ca -pre old_
using restore to time of 2009/09/27 06:00:00
Error occurred: invalid request: createAccount invalid schema change: [LDAP: error code 65 - object class 'posixAccount' requires attribute 'uidNumber']


I guess this is because of the Samba extensions that i've installed on the server. Does anyone know how to overcome this problem?

Thanks

[devnul]

try running these commands, and then trying the restore again:

su zimbra
zmprov mcf -zimbraAccountExtraObjectClass posixAccount
zmprov mcf -zimbraAccountExtraObjectClass sambaSamAccount

afterwards, you'll want to run

zmprov mcf +zimbraAccountExtraObjectClass posixAccount
zmprov mcf +zimbraAccountExtraObjectClass sambaSamAccount

Those commands enable and disable the extra account attributes needed for samba/posix. If the account was created before you installed the samba addons, then the restore is bailing because uidNumber is a required atrribute that was not included in your backup. After restoring, browse to the users tab in zimbra, set and save the posix and samba attributes.

Hope this helps.

[mozg31337]

Thanks, It did solve the problem.

Andrei