[SRU] smbldap-config.pl not installed

[Narcis Buisac i Mas]

[Impact]

 * The serverguide currently calls out this bug and requires manual download and extraction of a source package because smbldap-config.pl is not present in the binary smbldap-tools package.

 * Add smbldap-config.pl appropriately to the Makefile to install it.

[Test Case]

 * Install smbldap-tools, smbldap-config.pl will not be present.

[Regression Potential]

 * The risk of regression is low to none, in this case, as the only effective change is the installation of a new Perl script on upgrade.
 * The only concern would be if a user manually extracted the same script from the source package and then installed the SRU'd version of smbldap-tools, but I believe dpkg will handle that case correctly.

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Installing and configuring LDAP and Samba, beg¡fore execute the command smbldap-populate we must uncompress a files that in this version of smbldap-tools (from Ubuntu 12.04) it is not present. I refer the configure.pl.gz or better the
/usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/configure.pl.gz
file.

without it we cannot generate the smbldap.conf nor smbldap_bind.conf before execute the smbldap-populate command to Add Samba LDAP objects to my ldap.

Thenks

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Ric_CR (ricsv-cr)]

I installed the amd64 package version, not sure if this is only affecting amd64 or x86 as well. Just wanted to point that out.

[Mogidin (mogidin)]

I copy configure.pl from ubuntu 10.04 and correct it
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11825054&postcount=9

[işbaran akçayır (isbaran)]

It was renamed to smbldap-config.pl but is not included in deb package

[Peter Matulis (petermatulis)]

It's there for me, on Precise at least.

$ apt-get source smbldap-tools
$ cd smbldap-tools-0.9.7
$ find . -name smbldap-config.pl
./smbldap-config.pl

I'm marking as 'Invalid' unless you prove it's not there for a particular release. If you do, mark it as affecting that release.

I will be applying this towards the serverguide project however as the Guide does still mention configure.pl.

[Peter Matulis (petermatulis)]

Hm, after actual package installation I do see that the helper script is not installed. Workaround is to configure smbldap.conf manually. Marking back to 'Confirmed'.

[Matt Rae (mattrae)]

To use the configure.pl (also named smbldap-config) you can download the source package and run the following commands to configure and run the script:

$ apt-get source smbldap-tools
$ perl ./smbldap-tools-0.9.7/smbldap-config.pl
$ cd smbldap-tools-0.9.7/
$ ./configure
$ make
$ ./smbldap-config.cmd

[Theodor van Nahl (tvn87)]

What is the current status of this bug?

The server documentation still mentions the configure.pl.gz and the configure.pl.gz as well as the smbldap-config.pl are not in the current smbldap-tools nor in any other precise pakage.

[Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley)]

I though this would pull here from the Debian bug:
Upstream has fixed their makefile to include building and installing
smbldap-config.pl
(http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/smbldap-tools/trunk/Makefile.in?r1=155&r2=156&).
Once pulled into Debian/Ubuntu this should fix the issue (this won't help 12.04). It's fixed in the just released 0.9.10 release.

This should definitely be a candidate to SRU to 12.04. (I was hoping Debian would pull it before requesting it, but guess we don't need to wait)

[Doug Smythies (dsmythies)]

The serverguide tends to be edited for new cycles only, and not retro edited. Why? Because nobody helps with it, and there are not enough resources.
Look at the 12.10 version of the serverguide, where this specific bug report is referenced and it says:

Next, configure the smbldap-tools package to match your environment. The package is supposed
to come with a configuration helper script (smbldap-config.pl, formerly configure.pl) that will ask
questions about the needed options but there is a bug37 whereby it is not installed (but found in the
source code; 'apt-get source smbldap-tools').

[Robert Green (rlg-d)]

I am new to server administration and am having trouble with smbldap-tools. I have followed some instructions I have read on this foram. I have downloaded the source for smbldap-tools. When I tried to configuer it I got the error mesage: can't exec @perl_cmd@ at ./smbldap-tools-0.9.7/smbldap-config.pl line 1. I thank you in advansed for any help you can give me

[Alexey Vazhnov (vazhnov)]

Bug in https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/samba-ldap.html still not fixed. Just copy text «Adding Samba LDAP objects…» from https://help.ubuntu.com/12.10/serverguide/samba-ldap.html.

[Jeff Prince (princej)]

I am seeing the same problem as Robert Green. Mine is version 0.9.9.

root@dengis01p:/etc/ldap/schema/smbldap-tools-0.9.9# perl ./smbldap-config.pl
Can't exec @PERL_COMMAND@ at ./smbldap-config.pl line 1.

Which leaves me stuck on the smbldap populate step found here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/samba-ldap.html

root@dengis01p:/etc/ldap/schema/smbldap-tools-0.9.9# smbldap-populate
Unable to open /etc/smbldap-tools/smbldap.conf for reading !
Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/smbldap-populate line 30.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/smbldap-populate line 30.

[Nish Aravamudan (nacc)]

I am going to work on backporting http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/smbldap-tools/trunk/Makefile.in?r1=155&r2=156& to the 16.04 version of samba.

[Nish Aravamudan (nacc)]

I've backported the appropriate fixes to the Yakkety version of smbldap-tools. Once it's accepted there, I can file an SRU for 16.04 and 14.04.

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Uploaded. Thanks Nish! Please remember to follow through proposed migration and to submit to Debian.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package smbldap-tools - 0.9.9-1ubuntu2

---------------
smbldap-tools (0.9.9-1ubuntu2) yakkety; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/0022_read_smbldap-config.patch: Install smbldap-
    config command. Closes: #697225, LP: #997172.
  * debian/patches/0023_add_pod_smbldap-config.patch: Add POD to smbldap-
    config.pl.

 -- Nishanth Aravamudan <email address hidden> Tue, 17 May 2016 15:59:40 -0700

[Nish Aravamudan (nacc)]

On 08.06.2016 [10:49:44 -0000], Robie Basak wrote:
> Uploaded. Thanks Nish! Please remember to follow through proposed
> migration and to submit to Debian.

Yep, I just sent via `submittodebian` in Debian Bug #697225.

[Nish Aravamudan (nacc)]

Hello, I have uploaded test builds to https://launchpad.net/~nacc/+archive/ubuntu/lp997172 for Trusty and Xenial.

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Uploaded to Trusty and Xenial, thanks.

Note that to find SRU paperwork the SRU team follow the bug links from the changelog. In this case the second bullet doesn't have paperwork, but I know it is to fix the FTBFS based on your quilt header so I know it doesn't really need any. However this may not be clear to the SRU team, so I'm making this note here for them. It might be worth putting something like "to fix FTBFS" in the changelog entry but I've already uploaded.

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

Hello Narcis, or anyone else affected,

Accepted smbldap-tools into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/smbldap-tools/0.9.9-1ubuntu1.14.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

Hello Narcis, or anyone else affected,

Accepted smbldap-tools into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/smbldap-tools/0.9.9-1ubuntu1.16.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

The fix for this bug has been awaiting testing feedback in the -proposed repository for xenial for more than 90 days. Please test this fix and update the bug appropriately with the results. In the event that the fix for this bug is still not verified 15 days from now, the package will be removed from the -proposed repository.

[Nish Aravamudan (nacc)]

While the versions in -proposed (and actually in Yakkety) do have smbldap-config present in /usr/sbin, there is a parse error, because I typo'd the backport. I'm providing an updated debdiff for all three, and marking verification-failed for the SRU team for now.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package smbldap-tools - 0.9.9-1ubuntu3

---------------
smbldap-tools (0.9.9-1ubuntu3) yakkety; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/0023_add_pod_smbldap-config.patch: Fix typo in
    backport (LP: #997172).

 -- Nishanth Aravamudan <email address hidden> Wed, 07 Sep 2016 14:03:06 -0700

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Hello Narcis, or anyone else affected,

Accepted smbldap-tools into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/smbldap-tools/0.9.9-1ubuntu1.16.04.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Narcis, or anyone else affected,

Accepted smbldap-tools into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/smbldap-tools/0.9.9-1ubuntu1.14.04.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Nish Aravamudan (nacc)]

# apt-cache policy smbldap-tools
smbldap-tools:
  Installed: 0.9.9-1ubuntu1.16.04.2
# which smbldap-config
/usr/sbin/smbldap-config
# smbldap-config
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
       smbldap-tools script configuration
       -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Before starting, check
 . if your samba controller is up and running.
 . if the domain SID is defined (you can get it with the 'net getlocalsid')

 . you can leave the configuration using the Ctrl-c key combination
 . empty value can be set with the "." character
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Samba needs to be started first !

# apt-cache policy smbldap-tools
smbldap-tools:
  Installed: 0.9.9-1ubuntu1.14.04.2
# which smbldap-config
/usr/sbin/smbldap-config
# smbldap-config
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
       smbldap-tools script configuration
       -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Before starting, check
 . if your samba controller is up and running.
 . if the domain SID is defined (you can get it with the 'net getlocalsid')

 . you can leave the configuration using the Ctrl-c key combination
 . empty value can be set with the "." character
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Samba needs to be started first !

verification-done on xenial and trusty, thanks!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package smbldap-tools - 0.9.9-1ubuntu1.16.04.2

---------------
smbldap-tools (0.9.9-1ubuntu1.16.04.2) xenial; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/0023_add_pod_smbldap-config.patch: Fix typo in
    backport (LP: #997172).

 -- Nishanth Aravamudan <email address hidden> Wed, 07 Sep 2016 14:13:07 -0700

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for smbldap-tools has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package smbldap-tools - 0.9.9-1ubuntu1.14.04.2

---------------
smbldap-tools (0.9.9-1ubuntu1.14.04.2) trusty; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/0023_add_pod_smbldap-config.patch: Fix typo in
    backport (LP: #997172).

 -- Nishanth Aravamudan <email address hidden> Wed, 07 Sep 2016 14:16:43 -0700