package slapd 2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Chris Carroux]

package slapd 2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

This error happened during my upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 using the built-in system upgrade tool.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: slapd 2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Apr 28 14:09:33 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
SourcePackage: openldap
Title: package slapd 2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-28 (0 days ago)

[Adam Gandelman (gandelman-a)]

Installing new version of config file /etc/ldap/schema/README ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/ldap/schema/openldap.ldif ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/ldap/schema/cosine.ldif ...
  Backing up /etc/ldap/slapd.d in /var/backups/slapd-2.4.25-1.1ubuntu4.1... done.
  Moving old database directories to /var/backups:
  - directory dc=nodomain... done.
  Loading from /var/backups/slapd-2.4.25-1.1ubuntu4.1:
  - directory dc=nodomain... failed.

Loading the database from the LDIF dump failed with the following
error while running slapadd:
    slapadd: line 29: database #1 (dc=nodomain) not configured to hold "dc=car.roux,dc=ru"; did you mean to use database #2 (dc=car.roux,dc=ru)?
dpkg: error processing slapd (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up libsnmp-perl (5.4.3~dfsg-2.4ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libapparmor-perl (2.7.102-0ubuntu3) ...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Omar BOURAS (omar-bouras)]

I got the same issue which I reported in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openldap/+bug/999153/comments/4

[Martin Bihler (m-a-bihler)]

Since my update to precise slapd has this bug. Purging and reinstalling doesn't help. So I run slapd -Tt and got this:
sudo slapd -Tt
[sudo] password for martin:
5051b004 olcDbDirectory: value #0: invalid path: Permission denied
5051b004 config error processing olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config: olcDbDirectory: value #0: invalid path: Permission denied
slaptest: bad configuration file!
I hope this helps.
Ubuntu 32bit on AMD64 system