Re: [Security-Discuss] Update problem in samba-client

On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Bob Puff@NLE wrote:

> I noticed that in performing the samba update MDKSA-2004:104 on about a dozen various 9.2 boxes via 
> urpmi, the samba update gives off this error:
> 
> error: %preun(samba-client-2.2.8a-13.1.92mdk) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
> 
> If I try to rpm -Uhv the update RPM, it tells me that it is already installed.  Samba appears to 
> work, although all the machines are servers, and I have no need to use the client part.
> 
> Is this a benign error?
> 

It looks like you're a couple of versions behind, but I got the same error 
with the latest:

installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/samba-client-2.2.8a-13.3.92mdk.i586.rpm
Preparing...                
##################################################
   1:samba-client           
##################################################
error: %preun(samba-client-2.2.8a-13.1.92mdk) scriptlet failed, exit 
status 1

[root@norris root]# rpm -q --scripts samba-client 
postinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/smbclient smbclient \
/usr/bin/smbclient2 10 \
$(for i in 
{/bin/mount.cifs,/sbin/{mount.smb,mount.smbfs},/usr/bin/{findsmb,nmblookup,smbclient,smbmnt,smbmount,smbprint,smbspool,smbtar,smbumount}};do 
j=`basename $i`
[ "$j" = "smbclient" ] || \
echo -n " --slave ${i} ${j} ${i}2";done) \
--slave /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb cups_smb /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb2 || \
update-alternatives --auto smbclient
preuninstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
[ $1 = 0 ] && update-alternatives --remove smbclient /usr/bin/smbclient2

Looks like the error is fairly benign, it tries to remove
/usr/bin/smbclient2, which apparently isn't on our boxen. (probably should 
have had a check for the file existing)
 
-- 
Stew Benedict
Mandrakesoft
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