[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#863285: [winbind] Install/Updates Fail When Samba Running as samba 4 Domain

[Adrian Bunk]

reassign 863285 winbind 2:4.5.8+dfsg-2
thanks

On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 09:27:39PM +0000, Michael Papet wrote:
> Package: winbindVersion: 2:4.5.8+dfsg-2Severity: normal
> --- Please enter the report below this line. ---If you configure /etc/samba/smb.conf as a Samba 4 domain controller, then winbind updates/installs break.  
> winbind.postinst unconditionally attempts to restart the winbind service.  Any attempts to start winbind while samba is running in DC mode fail.  My understanding is when running as a domain controller, samba controls winbind as a child process.  Maybe I'm wrong about that.
> It seems like line 32 in /var/lib/dpkg/info/winbind.postinst needs some kind of check to see if samba is running as a DC.  An ugly workaround is to comment out line 32.
> 
> For complete testing, here's a partial smb.conf that seems to turn on a Samba 4 domain controller.
> [global]        netbios name = DC1        realm = MYDOMAIN.COM        workgroup = MYDOMAIN        dns forwarder = 192.168.1.1    server role = active directory domain controller
> [netlogon]        path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon        read only = No
> [sysvol]        path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol        read only = No
> 
> --- System information. ---Architecture: Kernel:       Linux 4.9.0-3-amd64
> Debian Release: 9.0  500 unstable        ftp.us.debian.org   500 testing         security.debian.org   500 testing         ftp.us.debian.org   500 jessie          apt.puppetlabs.com 
> --- Package information. ---Depends                              (Version) | Installed==============================================-+-=======================lsb-base                            (>= 3.0-6) | 9.20161125samba-common                (= 2:4.5.8+dfsg-2) | 2:4.5.8+dfsg-2samba-common-bin            (= 2:4.5.8+dfsg-2) | 2:4.5.8+dfsg-2init-system-helpers                 (>= 1.18~) | 1.48libbsd0                             (>= 0.3.0) | 0.8.3-1libc6                                (>= 2.14) | 2.24-10libldap-2.4-2                       (>= 2.4.7) | 2.4.44+dfsg-4+b1libpopt0                             (>= 1.14) | 1.16-10+b2libtalloc2              (>= 2.0.4~git20101213) | 2.1.8-1libtdb1                 (>= 1.2.7+git20101214) | 1.3.11-2libtevent0                         (>= 0.9.25) | 0.9.31-1libwbclient0                (= 2:4.5.8+dfsg-2) | 2:4.5.8+dfsg-2samba-libs                  (= 2:4.5.8+dfsg-2) | 2:4.5.8+dfsg-2
> 
> Package's Recommends field is empty.
> Suggests            (Version) | Installed=============================-+-===========libnss-winbind                | 2:4.5.8+dfsg-2libpam-winbind                |