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

[Matt Oquist]

> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:59:55 -0400
> From: "Robert Moskowitz" <rgm at htt-consult.com>
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Re: smbldap-installer reinstall failure (Robert Moskowitz)

> > You should 'rm -rf /var/lib/ldap/*' before you re-run the
> > smbldap-installer. BEWARE! This deletes your current databases! (But
> > no the backups.)
> >   
> And I no longer have any database, it seems.  the install fails.  ldap 
> won't start, the /var/lib/ldap directory is empty....
> 
> Is it time to just reinstall all of Centos????

That's probably the most direct route to a working system. We could
probably figure out how to fix it, but it's easier just to blow it
away. (This is the lesson taught to us all by Windows. "Why repair
when you can just restart?")

--matt

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