[K12OSN] Lost electricity / Lost SMBLDAP

[Mark Gumprecht]

Also,
you can cd /var/lib/ldap and run db_recover. There are options with that 
command as well, just google the command for more info.
Mark

David Whitmer wrote:
> --- Kari Matthews <karisue at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> Yesterday, my building lost electricity.  The server
>> was not plugged in to
>> the UPS, so the server and all the workstations lost
>> power. When the
>> electricity went back on, none of the computers
>> would login to the server.
>>
>> I have a Ubuntu server and Edubuntu fat clients that
>> authenticate with the
>> Oquist / Trask SMBLDAP script.
>>
>> Any ideas on where I can start hunting this problem
>> down?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kari
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>
> Kari,
>
> Something similar had happened to me a few months ago.
>  My guess is that the LDAP database got corrupted
> because the service didn't shutdown properly.  That's
> what had happened to me.
>
> I'm not able to look up the exact steps I followed
> right now, but generally I:
> * stopped the LDAP service
> * deleted the current LDAP database
> * imported into LDAP the most recent backup of that
> database
> * started the LDAP service
>
> And then everyone was able to log in okay.
>
> I hope this helps!
>
> David Whitmer
>
> Director of Media & Technology
> Calvary Schools of Holland
> www.calvaryschoolsholland.org
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Mark Gumprecht
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