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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import optparse
+import sys
+
+# Find right directory when running from source tree
+sys.path.insert(0, "bin/python")
+
+
+import samba
+import ldb
+import urllib
+import os
+from samba import getopt as options
+from samba.samdb import SamDB
+from samba.dbchecker import dbcheck
+from samba.credentials import Credentials
+parser = optparse.OptionParser("sambaundoguididx")
+sambaopts = options.SambaOptions(parser)
+parser.add_option_group(options.VersionOptions(parser))
+parser.add_option("-H", "--URL", help="LDB URL for database",
+ type=str, metavar="URL", dest="H")
+opts, args = parser.parse_args()
+
+if len(args) != 0:
+ parser.print_usage()
+ sys.exit(1)
+
+lp_ctx = sambaopts.get_loadparm()
+lp_ctx.set("dsdb:guid index", "false")
+
+if opts.H is None:
+ url = lp_ctx.samdb_url()
+else:
+ url = opts.H
+
+samdb = ldb.Ldb(url=url, options=["modules:"])
+
+partitions = samdb.search(base="@PARTITION",
+ scope=ldb.SCOPE_BASE,
+ attrs=["partition"])
+
+modmsg = ldb.Message()
+modmsg.dn = ldb.Dn(samdb, '@INDEXLIST')
+modmsg.add(ldb.MessageElement(
+ elements=[],
+ flags=ldb.FLAG_MOD_REPLACE,
+ name='@IDXGUID'))
+modmsg.add(ldb.MessageElement(
+ elements=[],
+ flags=ldb.FLAG_MOD_REPLACE,
+ name='@IDX_DN_GUID'))
+
+samdb.transaction_start()
+samdb.modify(modmsg)
+
+privatedir = os.path.dirname(url)
+
+dbs = []
+for part in partitions[0]['partition']:
+ file_quoted = part.split(":")[1]
+ tdbname = urllib.unquote(file_quoted)
+ tdbpath = os.path.join(privatedir, tdbname)
+
+ db = ldb.Ldb(url=tdbpath, options=["modules:"])
+ db.transaction_start()
+ db.modify(modmsg)
+ dbs.append(db)
+
+for db in dbs:
+ db.transaction_commit()
+
+samdb.transaction_commit()
+
+print "Re-opening with the full DB stack"
+samdb = SamDB(url=url,
+ lp=lp_ctx)
+print "Re-triggering another re-index"
+chk = dbcheck(samdb)
+
+chk.reindex_database()
+
+print "Your database has been downgraded to DN-based index values."
+
+print "NOTE: Any use of a Samba 4.8 tool including ldbsearch will auto-upgrade back to GUID index mode"