[K12OSN] error in smbldap-useradd (SOLUTION FOUND)

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0.8.7 works perfectly...it is just the path that is screwed up..tools
install to /sbin instead of /opt--> chuck> Just FYI....for all using
smbldap-installer.  Do not install your own
> version of smbldap-tools....let the installer do it for you.  The
> installer is written for 0.86.  0.87 is very new and has yet to be well
> proven (heck I was nervous about 0.86)....not only that....in keeping with
> the tradition of Samba releases...(don't get me wrong...I love the work
> they do)....but they manage to change many critical elements thus screwing
> up anything we've done in the past.  Samba is notorious for
> this...especially with the jump from Samba 2.x to Samba 3.x.  Took me
> several weeks to rewrite my how-to and it wasn't until I threw out my old
> how-to and quit cross-referencing it (that's what slowed me down)....that
> I was able to make progress.  So in short...let the script do the work for
> you...don't download the new smbldap-tools yet.
> 
> Again...smbldap-installer 1.2 is available here 
> http://majen.net/smbldap/smbldap-installer-1.2.tgz   and here  
> http://web.vcs.u52.k12.me.us/linux/smbldap/
> 
> "Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com> on
> Friday, March 11, 2005 at 7:09 AM +0000 wrote:
> ><Original Message:>
> >Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:12:39 -0800 (PST)
> >From: "Greg T." <glidr_greg at yahoo.com>
> >Subject: [K12OSN] error in smbldap-adduser
> >To: k12osn at redhat.com
> >Message-ID:
> ><20050310221239.38114.qmail at web54409.mail.yahoo.com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >
> >I'm trying (once again) to build a PDC using the
> >smbldap-installer script version 1.2.
> >
> >When I ran the script, it seemed odd that the files in
> >/etc/smbldap-tools weren't touched in any way.  I
> >didn't think much of it, and hand modified them
> >according to the website where I got the script.
> >
> >But now, it seems like any process that is supposed to
> >read those config files is not.
> >
> ></Original>
> >
> >It seems that yum installed version 8.7 of
> >smbldap-tools in the wrong place.  For example: 
> >Instead of putting config files in /opt/IDEALX/, yum
> >installed them in /etc/smbldap-tools, the place they
> >were installed prior to 8.6.
> >
> >I uninstalled 8.7 smbldap-tools, and installed the 8.6
> >version included with the smbldap-installer package,
> >and reran the installer script.  Eureka!  It worked!
> >
> >Greg
> 
> 
> 
> David N. Trask
> Technology Teacher/Coordinator
> Vassalboro Community School
> dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us
> (207)923-3100
> 
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