samba4: unable to find ldb modules

[Fritz]

Binary package hint: samba4

Description: Ubuntu Natty (development branch)
Release: 11.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: samba4 4.0.0~alpha15~git20110124.dfsg1-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Mar 9 12:58:50 2011
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
SourcePackage: samba4
Title: package samba4 4.0.0~alpha15~git20110124.dfsg1-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-09 (0 days ago)

[Brandon Whaley (redkrieg)]

This bug affects me as well. Thought it might have been an old config causing problems, so I tried to autoremove and purge it. Same issue:

$ sudo apt-get autoremove --purge samba4
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  python-dnspython* python-ldb* python-samba* python-tdb* samba4*
  samba4-common-bin*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 6 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 18.9 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
(Reading database ... 337633 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing samba4 ...
 * Stopping Samba 4 daemon samba [ OK ]
Purging configuration files for samba4 ...
Removing python-dnspython ...
Removing samba4-common-bin ...
Removing python-samba ...
Removing python-ldb ...
Purging configuration files for python-ldb ...
Removing python-tdb ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

$ sudo aptitude install samba4
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  python-dnspython{a} python-ldb{a} python-samba{a} python-tdb{a} samba4
  samba4-common-bin{a}
0 packages upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/3,019 kB of archives. After unpacking 18.9 MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package python-dnspython.
(Reading database ... 337257 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking python-dnspython (from .../python-dnspython_1.9.4-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package python-ldb.
Unpacking python-ldb (from .../python-ldb_1%3a1.0.1~git20120220-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package python-tdb.
Unpacking python-tdb (from .../python-tdb_1.2.9-1fakesync1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package python-samba.
Unpacking python-samba (from .../python-samba_4.0.0~alpha15~git20110124.dfsg1-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package samba4-common-bin.
Unpacking samba4-common-bin (from .../samba4-common-bin_4.0.0~alpha15~git20110124.dfsg1-2ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package samba4.
Unpacking samba4 (from .../samba4_4.0.0~alpha15~git20110124.dfsg1-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up python-dnspython (1.9.4-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up python-ldb (1:1.0.1~git20120220-1) ...
Setting up python-tdb (1.2.9-1fakesync1) ...
Setting up python-samba (4.0.0~alpha15~git20110124.dfsg1-2ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for python-central ...
Setting up samba4-common-bin (4.0.0~alpha15~git20110124.dfsg1-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up samba4 (4.0.0~alpha15~git20110124.dfsg1-2ubuntu1) ...
 * Starting Samba 4 daemon samba Unknown parameter encountered: "max log size"
Ignoring unknown parameter "max log size"
Unknown parameter encountered: "sy...

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 728840, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Marking it as a duplicate failed but the bugs are likely duplicates of each other.