[K12OSN] Re: smbldap-installer reinstall failure (Robert Moskowitz)

[Matt Oquist]

> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 13:54:52 -0400
> From: "Robert Moskowitz" <rgm at htt-consult.com>
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] smbldap-installer reinstall failure (Robert Moskowitz)

> >> The docs say you can run ./smb-ldap all over and over until you get it 
> >> right?
> > Yes, though perhaps we should have something in there about deleting
> > old LDAP databases first.
> I thought that was a backup of the old databases in there?

I wasn't speaking of the database backups here, I was speaking of the
actual databases, [usually] stored in /var/lib/ldap.

You should 'rm -rf /var/lib/ldap/*' before you re-run the
smbldap-installer. BEWARE! This deletes your current databases! (But
no the backups.)

> >> I got through a lot of the script then bot a mesage about:
> >> /etc/logrotate.d/smbldap-ldif-backups already exists, will overwrite in 
> >> 10 seconds (CTRL+C to cancel)....
> > The right thing for you to do is just wait...I guess the message
> > should say that. :-(
> But I did, and the script ended.  It did not go one to setting 
> everything up,  it seemed.

Oh. Maybe it should print something more, I suppose. I expect that it
really did finish, though, unless you're *sure* it never said anything
about "/etc/cron.<something>/smbldap-ldif-backup".

> >> Caution:  You have /home exported more than once in /etc/exports/
> >> make sure this is what you want.
> >> (I understand what I have to do here, but why did this happen?)
> >
> > You had the script add a '/home <network>(options)' line for you once
> > before, and you were adding another export. This doesn't hurt
> > anything, but it's good for you to be aware of it. Maybe the script
> > should say "Warning" instead of "Caution"; there's a well-established
> > convention that "warnings" are workable while "errors" are not.
> >   
> Since these are duplicates, could not the script NOT add the duplicate?

'Cuz you said you wanted it to. I suppose it could ask for
confirmation if it's a second time; good idea.

> >> /etc/cron.daily/smbldap-ldif-backups already exists, will overwrite in 
> >> 10 seconds (CTRL+C to cancel)....
> >> Well this time I did not touch the keyboard and am waiting for HELP!!!
> > Good plan, but you've probably waited long enough now. :)
> The script ended at this point.  Seemed like prematurely.  That is, I 
> seem to recall the first time through more going on...
> Definitely did NOT get asked the smb password.

Subsequent runs of the script remember your previous answers (if
you're in the same smbldap-installer directory), but you should be
prompted for your password every time because I don't store it in the
answers file.

The password question is long before the ldif-backups questions,
though.

I'm working on FC5 right now; I'm just about to test everything after
a 'yum upgrade', so we'll see how it goes. 8-|

--matt

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