[Samba] Problem with libldb1

Rowland penny rpenny at samba.org
Sun Sep 22 13:38:07 UTC 2019


On 22/09/2019 14:31, Viktor Trojanovic via samba wrote:
>
> On 22.09.2019 15:10, Viktor Trojanovic wrote:
>> On 22.09.2019 15:07, Rowland penny via samba wrote:
>>> On 22/09/2019 13:53, Viktor Trojanovic via samba wrote:
>>>> I just ran "apt upgrade" on my DC (Ubuntu 18.04, Samba 4.10 from Louis
>>>> Repo) and it ended with error messages about unmet dependencies in 
>>>> regards
>>>> to libldb1.
>>>>
>>> Yes, but did you run 'apt-get update' first ?
>>>
>>> Rowland
>>>
>>>
>> Yes, apt update, then apt upgrade, as usual.
>>
>> Viktor
>>
> I'm just reviewing the logs now and it seems that just by running a 
> regular system upgrade, I somehow screwed up Samba.. it won't start 
> anymore. "daemon failed to start: Samba failed to prime database.".
>
> I'm reading on the wiki this can happen after a downgrade but I didn't 
> downgrade anything.. all that seems to have happened today is an 
> upgrade from version 4.10.x to 4.10.8, which failed.
>
> I could really use help with this, this is a production system that 
> needs to be ready tomorrow..
>
>
What exactly are you upgrading ?

It seems likely it is a DC, so try removing 'ldb-tools' and trying the 
upgrade again.

If this doesn't work and you have more than one DC, you may have to 
demote this DC and fix Samba (probably remove and reinstall), then join 
as a DC again.

Rowland





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