Rebuilding the Kerberos Database

Hi,
recently I'm experiencing some error messages in our OpenDirectory Log about Kerberos missconfiguration.
Q.1) So I'd need to rebuild the Kerberos Database from scratch out of the LDAP Database. But how do I do that in Lion Server ???
Q.2) So old Mac Client won't logon the Lion Server anylonger. There seems so be a POSIX "homedirectory" attribute missing. How do I reconfigure the system to fix that ?
Thanks in advance.

I have a RMAN backup which has been copied to another server and I am required to rebuild the database there.
Is this possible?YES
and this is how my oracle rman backup looks like
RUN {
crosscheck backup;
crosscheck archivelog all;
backup database format='e:\Oracle_Backup_data\DB\%U_%I_%T.bkp' tag="everyday_full_bkup"
plus archivelog format='d:\Oracle_Backup_data\DB\Arch%U_%I_%T.arc' tag="arcbkp";
backup current controlfile;
restore database validate;
}No issues with Script, You can perform DUPLICATE from target database to AUXILIARY Instance.

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it has a very poor connector.
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LN

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