[K12OSN] I need help with the following smbldap errors.

[David Trask]

The new smbldap-installer addresses the fact that Fedora is now packaging
smbldap-tools on their repository.  You probably could have used a backup
of the database.  You might have been able to download the latest
smbldap-installer....rerun the setup....deleted the old database and
restored....or it might have just worked once the new "links" to the new
locations of smbldap-tools were in place.

David Whitmer <dwblue02 at yahoo.com> writes:
>----- Original Message ----
>> From: Krsnendu Dasa <krsnendu108 at gmail.com>
>> To: Support list for open source software in schools.
><k12osn at redhat.com>
>> Sent: Friday, September 1, 2006 11:36:57 PM
>> Subject: [K12OSN] I need help with the following smbldap errors.
>> 
>> I want to add a new user but I am getting these errors.
>> What do I have to do to fix them?
>> 
>> [root at k12ltsp sbin]# ./smbldap-useradd -m newuser
>> failed to perform search; No such object at
>/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/smbldap_tools.pm line 374.
>> Error looking for next uid at
>/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/smbldap_tools.pm line 1044.
>> [root at k12ltsp sbin]# ./smbldap-usershow olduser
>> No such object at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/smbldap_tools.pm
>line 772.
>> [root at k12ltsp sbin]# 
>> 
> 
>I had something similar happen to me last week.
> 
>1) A week ago I used Matt's smbldap-installer to create and setup LDAP
>with Windows and Linux clients all authenticating okay.
>2) I ran yumex and updated everything that was updateable. (big mistake)
>3) Tried to add a user using smbldap-useradd and got an error message
>similar to yours.
> 
>When I'd used yumex to update everything, "everything" included newer
>versions of smbldap-tools and various perl scripts included with Matt's
>installer.  The update seemed to have rendered all the smbldap scripts
>useless.  After trying (and failing) at various attempts to get the
>scripts working, including removing the various scripts updated by yum, I
>spent last weekend completely reinstalling K12LTSP v5 and then re-running
>smbldap-installer.
> 
>Lesson learned the hard way: Don't let yum (or yumex) update anything
>related smbldap.
> 
>It's likely that someone more knowledgeable could have corrected the
>smbldap setup without having to resort to reinstalling everything.  I
>certainly chose a drastic solution.  But if nothing else, I had just
>enough time to do a reinstallation before school was set to start (which
>actually happened today).
> 
>David Whitmer
>Calvary Schools of Holland,
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David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Director
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask at vcsvikings.org
(207)923-3100