[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#648231: samba-doc: samba-schema-FDS.ldif.gz is invalid, according to "ldapadd/slapd"

[Helge Hafting]

Package: samba-doc
Version: 2:3.5.11~dfsg-4
Severity: normal
Tags: patch


When setting up a samba+ldap PDC, the ldap databse needs to be told 
about various samba specific fields. (Such as windows passwords.) This 
used to be done by copying the samba.schema.gz file from
samba-doc, and unpack & include it.

Newer versions of LDAP want this information
in a LDIF file instead. I guess this is why
you also distribute samba-schema-FDS.ldif.gz with samba-doc. 
Unfortunately, when I unpack this file and
tries to add it with:

ldapadd -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -f samba-schema-FDS.ldif

all I get is an error. Some number in this file is invalid according to 
the schema, and the update is rejected.

Fortunately, there are guides on the net on how to create a ldif file 
from a schema file, so a working ldif file can be created from the 
samba.schema.gz file. See for example this URL:

http://www.zarafa.com/wiki/index.php/OpenLdap:_Switch_to_dynamic_config_backend_%28cn%3Dconfig%29#Convert_schema_files_for_import 


I have created such a file and it worked for me. It is attached as 
samba.ldif, if you want to use it.

Helge Hafting

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
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   APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (800, 'stable')
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Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
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samba-doc depends on no packages.

samba-doc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages samba-doc suggests:
pn  samba-doc-pdf  <none>

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