[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#681048: samba4: fails to install: ProvisioningError: guess_names: 'realm =' was not specified in supplied /etc/samba/smb.conf.

[Cyril Brulebois]

Package: samba4
Version: 4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1-1
Severity: serious
Justification: fails to install

Hi,

installing samba4 led to:
| Setting up samba4 (4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1-1) ...
| Administrator password will be set randomly!
| Unknown parameter encountered: "max log size"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "max log size"
| Unknown parameter encountered: "syslog"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "syslog"
| Unknown parameter encountered: "unix password sync"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "unix password sync"
| Unknown parameter encountered: "passwd program"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "passwd program"
| Unknown parameter encountered: "pam password change"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "pam password change"
| Unknown parameter encountered: "map to guest"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "map to guest"
| Unknown parameter encountered: "usershare allow guests"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "usershare allow guests"
| Unknown parameter encountered: "valid users"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "valid users"
| Unknown parameter encountered: "guest ok"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "guest ok"
| Unknown parameter encountered: "guest ok"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "guest ok"
| Unknown parameter encountered: "max log size"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "max log size"
| Unknown parameter encountered: "syslog"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "syslog"
| Unknown parameter encountered: "unix password sync"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "unix password sync"
| Unknown parameter encountered: "passwd program"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "passwd program"
| Unknown parameter encountered: "pam password change"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "pam password change"
| Unknown parameter encountered: "map to guest"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "map to guest"
| Unknown parameter encountered: "usershare allow guests"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "usershare allow guests"
| Unknown parameter encountered: "valid users"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "valid users"
| Unknown parameter encountered: "guest ok"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "guest ok"
| Unknown parameter encountered: "guest ok"
| Ignoring unknown parameter "guest ok"
| ProvisioningError: guess_names: 'realm =' was not specified in supplied /etc/samba/smb.conf.  Please remove the smb.conf file and let provision generate it
| dpkg: error processing samba4 (--configure):
|  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
| Errors were encountered while processing:
|  samba4
| E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I don't think I ever tweaked anything samba related before now, so you
probably want to be a bit more tolerant WRT previous configuration
files.

Mraw,
KiBi.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: sid/experimental
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/6 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages samba4 depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.45
ii  libasn1-8-heimdal      1.6~git20120403+dfsg1-2
ii  libattr1               1:2.4.46-8
ii  libbsd0                0.4.2-1
ii  libc6                  2.13-34
ii  libcomerr2             1.42.4-3
ii  libdcerpc-server0      4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1-1
ii  libdcerpc0             4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1-1
ii  libgensec0             4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1-1
ii  libhdb9-heimdal        1.6~git20120403+dfsg1-2
ii  libkdc2-heimdal        1.6~git20120403+dfsg1-2
ii  libkrb5-26-heimdal     1.6~git20120403+dfsg1-2
ii  libldb1                1:1.1.6-1
ii  libndr-standard0       4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1-1
ii  libndr0                4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1-1
ii  libpopt0               1.16-7
ii  libpython2.7           2.7.3-1
ii  libroken18-heimdal     1.6~git20120403+dfsg1-2
ii  libsamba-credentials0  4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1-1
ii  libsamba-hostconfig0   4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1-1
ii  libsamba-util0         4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1-1
ii  libsamdb0              4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1-1
ii  libsmbclient-raw0      4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1-1
ii  libtalloc2             2.0.7+git20120207-1
ii  libtdb1                1.2.10-2
ii  libtevent0             0.9.16-1
ii  python                 2.7.3-1
ii  python-dnspython       1.10.0-1
ii  python-samba           4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1-1
ii  samba-dsdb-modules     4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1-1
ii  samba4-common-bin      4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1-1
ii  tdb-tools              1.2.10-2

Versions of packages samba4 recommends:
ii  attr        1:2.4.46-8
ii  bind9       1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.1
ii  bind9utils  1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.1
ii  ldb-tools   1:1.1.6-1

Versions of packages samba4 suggests:
pn  phpldapadmin  <none>
pn  samba-gtk     <none>
pn  swat2         <none>

-- debconf information:
  samba4/upgrade-from-v3: true
  samba4/server-role: domain controller
  samba4/realm: