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

[David Whitmer]

----- 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, Michigan
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