likewise-open service does not start automatically

[Chris Rowson]

Binary package hint: likewise-open

---UBUNTU RELEASE---

Ubuntu hardy (development branch)
Release: 8.04

---PACKAGE RELEASE---

likewise-open:
  Installed: 4.0.5-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4.0.5-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 4.0.5-0ubuntu1 0

---PROBLEM---

The problem manifests after installation as an error message complaining 'error' at each normal (local) login, and the inability to login using domain accounts.

Logging on as a local user and trying:

lwiinfo -n “DOMAIN\username”

generates the error ‘could not obtain winbind separator!’

---WORKAROUND---

Running the command 'sudo likewise-winbindd -start' seems to resolve the lwiinfo problem, and restarting xserver (ctrl,alt,backspace) allows domain logons to occur.

It looks like the likewise-open script is not set to start with the system. To fix the problem permanently, running sysv-rc-conf and turning the likewise-open service on for runlevels 2,3,4,5 (for example) seems to work.

[Claus Frein (cfrein)]

Same here. Did a "sudo update-rc.d likewise-open defaults" to create runlevel-links, which didn't exist before.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package likewise-open - 4.0.5-0ubuntu2

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likewise-open (4.0.5-0ubuntu2) hardy; urgency=low

  * Added manpages from upstream
   - debian/likewise-open.manpages
   - debian/likewise-open-gui.manpages
  * merged changes from Nicolas Valcárcel <email address hidden>
   - Added support for KDE desktop (LP: #196778)
   - Removed unnecesary quilt support on debian/rules
  * debian/likewise-giu.xpm: changed to likewise logo from samba
  * debian/likewise-open.init: greatly simplified init script (LP: #205111)
   - merged status patch from Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden>
  * debian/likewise-open-gui.desktop: changed category to System;Settings
    (LP: #211833)
  * debian/patches/fix_window_close: from Soren Hanson <email address hidden>
    -fixes gtk close bug (LP: #211844)

 -- Rick Clark <email address hidden> Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:17:15 -0400

[erik (erik-niload)]

After a fresh install of 8.04 release, using synaptic to install likewise-open 4.0.5-0ubuntu3, I also did not have the runlevel scripts and the service did not start. cfrein's fix worked for me. I can verify this on another lean install tomorrow.

[Larry (larry-salibra)]

This same problem happens to me on a fresh install of 8.04 release as well. It is misleading because domain login will work after joining the domain with the likewise open gui but then fails after system reboot. I assume this is because the gui starts winbindd but on reboot winbind does not start.

[Skids (rpalmer-sominet)]

"This bug was fixed in the package likewise-open - 4.0.5-0ubuntu2"

Obviously it wasn't because the problem is still there and using:

sudo update-rc.d likewise-open defaults

and

sudo /etc/init.d/likewise-open start

does not fix the problem. Likewise will work for that session but once a reboot is done you cannot login and get the phantom Error box.

[Neil Mclean (nwmclean)]

I found that I can execute:
sudo update-rc.d likewise-open defaults

and the appropriate links are placed:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2008-05-09 22:30 /etc/rc2.d/S20likewise-open -> ../init.d/likewise-open
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2008-05-09 22:30 /etc/rc3.d/S20likewise-open -> ../init.d/likewise-open
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2008-05-09 22:30 /etc/rc4.d/S20likewise-open -> ../init.d/likewise-open
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2008-05-09 22:30 /etc/rc5.d/S20likewise-open -> ../init.d/likewise-open

and if I restart then likewise-winbindd will start at system start.

If I then log in as a user at GDM, and execute the GUI to connect to a domain, successful. Later disconnect from the domain. Then check - the above links have been removed. This will mean on the next restart likewise-winbindd will not auto start at system startup.

Something, some part of the process of connecting and disconnecting from a domain deletes the links needed for autostart with system.

Cheers

[Neil Mclean (nwmclean)]

The problem is not yet fixed.

[Mark Duncan (eattheapple)]

Changed to Incomplete because as others have pointed out, it is indeed not fixed. I am also experiencing this.

[Rick Clark (dendrobates)]

The postinst looks correct and most people are not having this issue.

Please see:
/var/lib/dpkg/info/likewise-open.postinst

Please purge the likewise-open package with the following command:
sudo apt-get purge likewise-open

Then reinstall and paste the output. The only way this should be happening is if the postinst is not running.

[Neil Mclean (nwmclean)]

I purged and reinstalled likewise-open as per above note. Sorry I did not capture any output from that. Post install did run and as I posted above - the appropriate links are placed:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2008-05-09 22:30 /etc/rc2.d/S20likewise-open -> ../init.d/likewise-open
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2008-05-09 22:30 /etc/rc3.d/S20likewise-open -> ../init.d/likewise-open
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2008-05-09 22:30 /etc/rc4.d/S20likewise-open -> ../init.d/likewise-open
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2008-05-09 22:30 /etc/rc5.d/S20likewise-open -> ../init.d/likewise-open

This will result in likewise-winbindd starting at system startup. So installation is not a problem. It is after first trying the system, to log in and log out, of a domain that the startup links are subsequently removed.

So... as per my last note.... the above startup links are REMOVED after:
- successful install of likewise-open
- logging in a a local user
- running the likewise-open-gui to perform a successful connection to the domain
- using likewise-open-gui to disconnect from the domain

I also notice that at the time of a successful connect to a domain a lot of odd things happens at my gnome desktop:
- the desktop loses all icons and panels. just selected wallpaper is present
- after a moment the desktop icons all return but things like conky, nm-applet need to be manually restarted
- if pidgin is running but minimised to the notification area - after the desktop revives pidgin is no longer minimised and also a folder of my home directory opens on the desktop of its own accord.

(the above is also repeated when I use the gui to disconnect from the domain)

Adding some more - I notice that when I initiate a connection to a domain my syslog gets flooded with the following messages:
console-kit-daemon[5583]: WARNING: Could not acquire name; will retry.
console-kit-daemon[5583]: WARNING: Failed to acquire org.freeedsktop.ConsoleKit

The above messages begin with a connection to a domain initiated as above with the gui. They do NOT stop when I disconnect from the domain. After disconnecting from the domain I can use my desktop and applications but initiating a log-out of the desktop account, or attempting to shutdown the PC, will result in a hang.

I can CTRL-ALT-F1 to a command prompt and restart the gdm but my system is still not stable and I need to reboot.

Also look at this bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/consolekit/+bug/231180

Cheers

[Neil Mclean (nwmclean)]

- note all my above comments refer to this situation
a. boot up ubuntu 8.04
b. log in as a local user
c. at the desktop can see likewise-winbindd did start up at system start if I pull up a terminal and "sudo /etc/init.d/likewise-open status"
d. then use the likewise-open-gui to join my PC to a domain

Weird things happen on my desktop (see above). syslog (daemon log) is flooded with warnings (see above).
========

I did some further testing:
a. boot up ubuntu 8.04
b. log in as local user
c. at the desktop can see likewise-winbindd did start up at system start if I pull up a terminal and "sudo /etc/init.d/likewise-open status"
d. then open a terminal window and use the likewise-open-cli to join my PC to a domain

Same weird things happen on my desktop
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Now maybe so far my problem is a user problem - not knowing how to use likewise-open properly. Because in all the above scenarios I had never been able to log in to the domain from the ubuntu gui (gdm) screen. Always failed. All I knew was that likewise-winbindd was running and thought that was all was needed.

I did some further reading and testing:
a. boot up ubuntu 8.04
b. at the gdm GUI login screen I CTRL-ALT-F1 to a cli session.
c. in that cli session I initiated a likewise-open-cli domain join. Enter user password - SUCCESS
d. then CTRL-ALT-F7 back to the gdm login screen and log in with <email address hidden> and get a successful domain user log on.

Here I notice:
- I have a new desktop as if a first time user. My "home" directory is /home/DOMAIN/user (not /home/user)
- Everything works nicely. I see all the domain servers and PC's in Places>Network
- No problem with the logfile getting flooded with warning messages.
- When I log out no hangs or problems.

Wooohoo!!! Sooooo Sweet! Very slick. Very nice.

So I am wondering now if the problems I have in the first scenario (logged in as local user - using likewise-open CLI or GUI commands to then join domain) - is because I am doing the wrong thing?

Should I be able to do this? Or am I using likewise-open incorrectly if I do that?

In summary:
Likewise-open only works properly for me when (as well as having likewise-winbindd daemon running) I first drop to a command prompt and join to the domain BEFORE I log in at the gdm GUI....

(and perhaps that is how its supposed to work??)

[BrianDrab (briand-kaplantrucking)]

Exactly the same issue here. Fresh install of Hardy on a Dell Laptop with Likewise installed. Great job on figuring out a workaround Neil!! I too wonder if we are doing something wrong.

[BrianDrab (briand-kaplantrucking)]

Did you happen to see this?

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/likewise-open/+bug/205236

[Neil Mclean (nwmclean)]

Hi Brian,

Yes I was aware of the need to edit /etc/nsswitch.conf and have been using a corrected version of that file in all the examples above.

So there are two queries I have:
1. Do we really need (is this the correct and expected process) to:
- stop at the login screen,
- CTRL-ALT-F1 to a terminal,
- start likewise-winbindd (if it is not running),
- initiate a domain-join at the CLI
- CTRL-ALT-F7 back to the GDM login prompt
- log in using this format "username@domain"

2. If I create the links in /etc/rc2.d (and other runlevels) so that likewise-winbindd will autostart, these links get deleted every time I leave a domain. This results in likewise-winbindd not starting automatically next reboot.

[Evan (ev)]

Marking as confirmed not because I can reproduce the bug myself, but because multiple users have reported that the bug persists despite the fix in the archive and there doesn't appear to be a request for additional information to warrant an incomplete status.

[Andrew Keyes (akeyes)]

Having the same problem, going to try the work around.

[Rick Clark (dendrobates)]

There were two problems that resulted in this happening, one was in the packaging the other was in the source.

The packaging issue was fixed. I am working on a patch to fix the other issue.

[Thierry Carrez (ttx)]

This has been fixed in latest upstream sources, so this bug should be fixed in intrepid whenever bug 244968 is.
Note sure how easy/disruptive it would be to backport though.

[Neil Mclean (nwmclean)]

In the top summary there is a workaround described. This part is not correct:
"It looks like the likewise-open script is not set to start with the system. To fix the problem permanently, running sysv-rc-conf and turning the likewise-open service on for runlevels 2,3,4,5 (for example) seems to work."

Seems no matter which method is used to turn the service on for various runlevels. When you "leave" a domain, the start scripts are removed. Service will not be started at next system startup.

Workaround.. either:
- remember to check if likewise service is running, and start it if needed, before attempting to join a domain or....
- create an entry in the ubuntu "sessions" application to start the service at each reboot and forget about run scripts.

Cheers

[Thierry Carrez (ttx)]

This bug was fixed in the package likewise-open - 4.1.0.2956-0ubuntu1

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likewise-open (4.1.0.2956-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * missing-likewise-logo.diff: removed
  * fixed copyright notice
  * updated Standards-Version to 3.8.0
  * removed path from command in prerm
  * removed stop in S runlevel

 -- Rick Clark <email address hidden> Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:56:20 -0500

likewise-open (4.1.0.2956-0ubuntu1~ppa2) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Remove libwbclient.so.0, use libwbclient0 package instead (LP: #254434)
  * Remove library links under /usr/lib/likewise-open

 -- Thierry Carrez <email address hidden> Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:34:18 +0200

likewise-open (4.1.0.2956-0ubuntu1~ppa1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * New upstream version. (LP: #244968)
  * Removed fix_window_close patch (was merged upstream)
  * Fixed dh_perl call so that it looks into /usr/lib/likewise-open
  * Removed perl dep from likewise-open-gui since it is now pulled from
    likewise-open perl-Depends
  * Removed superfluous /etc/defaults empty directory creation
  * More descriptive desktop entries (LP: #253032)
  * Changed desktop entry logo to domainjoin-logo.png for consistency
  * likewise-open.prerm: leave domain before uninstall (LP: #230466)
  * missing-likewise-logo.diff: fix missing logo regression in domainjoin-gui
  * no-template-modifications.diff: disable template homedir|shell
    modifications and respect whatever was put in lwiauthd.conf
  * Changed Maintainer to reflect main inclusion

 -- Thierry Carrez <email address hidden> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:55:43 +0200

[GideonRomm (gideon)]

I downloaded the source from intrepid and compiled on hardy. The resulting deb installs fine, when combined with installing intrepid's version of libpam-runtime.

So far, so good.

I am attaching the deb, in case anyone else wants to try them or needs them.