[SOLVED] Reinstalling module UsersandGroups - what about existing LDAP-users???

[libertad]

Hi, Zentyalisti!

I have to change the name of a Zentyal 2.2-domain. Therefore I have to reinstall the module "Users an Groups" by performing the following command:

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$ sudo /usr/share/ebox-usersandgroups/ebox-usersandgroups-reinstall

But what happens to the already existing LDAP-users when I reinstall the module? Are they still there? Are their mails still there (I'm using Zarafa!)? Are they touched by reinstalling the module?

Thanks for your replies,

Wilfried.   

[robb]

When you reinstall users and groups module, you will end up with a clean LDAP.

If you want to keep your current users, export the LDAP tree and import again when you have reinstalled the users and groups module.

[libertad]

Hi Robb,

thank you for your quick and precise answer...!

One more question:
Are mails and attachments of the users also exported when I export the LDAP-tree?

Thanx in advance,

Wilfried   

[robb]

No, mails do not reside in LDAP.
If you use Zarafa, they are in a mysql database, if you use roundcube, they are at default location: /var/vmail/<domain> or something similar (I never used this, only zarafa so it can be slightly different)

[christian]

Definitely no because LDAP export is the result of LDAP command (basically ldapsearch) generating LDIF file) while saving mail and attachments depends on your mail implementation (are you using Zarafa or not) and will need to either extract mail from DB (if you are using Zarafa) or copy files at file system level.

To make it short: exporting (LDAP) account doesn't mean saving all account related data unless Zentyal team develops something specific achieving this.

OOPS  clicked twice while Robb was answering in parallel    Robb you're too fast 

[libertad]

Thanks for your answers - even if they mean a lot of tricky work for me...!

I think I'should mark the topic as solved...!

Thanx,

Wilfried