samba - Feb 2017 - samba upgrade fails: corrupted ./private/secrets.ldb?

On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 07:13:06 +1300
Andrew Bartlett via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2017-02-20 at 13:03 +0100, lists via samba wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Hope someone can help.
> > 
> > We're on the sernet packages, and trying to update 4.3.8 to
4.3.13 
> > (=latest in the repo) This is failing like this:
> > 
What are you trying to upgrade, a DC or domain member ?
Only ask because you seem to be installing these packages:
> > > root at domainmember:/etc/apt# apt-get install sernet-samba
sernet-
> > > samba-client sernet-samba-common sernet-samba-keyring
> > > sernet-samba- libs sernet-samba-libsmbclient0
sernet-samba-winbind
But not this package:
> > > Suggested packages:
> > >   sernet-samba-ad
Sort of raises the question, why are you not just running 'apt-get
update && apt-get upgrade' ?

If it is a DC and you really want to upgrade your way, try again, but
this time add the suggested package.

If it is a domain member, try leaving the domain, remove the samba
packages, install the new packages and join the domain again.

Rowland

Hi Rowland,
> What are you trying to upgrade, a DC or domain member ?
> Only ask because you seem to be installing these packages:
A domain member server.
> Sort of raises the question, why are you not just running 'apt-get
> update && apt-get upgrade' ?
That's what i was initially trying to run, but I only narrowed it down 
to the sernet packages who were failing.
> If it is a DC and you really want to upgrade your way, try again, but
> this time add the suggested package.
It's not a DC :-)
> If it is a domain member, try leaving the domain, remove the samba
> packages, install the new packages and join the domain again.
Yep, I'll do that.

Thanks Rowland!

On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:29:12 +0100
lists via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> A domain member server.
> 
You should be okay starting again as it's a domain member, everything
really important is stored on the DC. As long you set up smb.conf etc
exactly as before, you should not have any problems.

Rowland

On Tue, 2017-02-21 at 17:29 +0100, lists via samba
wrote:
> Hi Rowland,
> 
> > What are you trying to upgrade, a DC or domain member ?
> > Only ask because you seem to be installing these packages:
> 
> A domain member server.
If it is a domain member server, then it can be safely deleted.

Andrew Bartlett