package samba 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[RicS]

Binary package hint: samba

 sudo apt-get install samba
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  openbsd-inetd inet-superserver smbldap-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  samba
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/3838kB of archives.
After this operation, 9425kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package samba.
(Reading database ... 115359 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking samba (from .../samba_3.0.28a-1ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
Setting up samba (3.0.28a-1ubuntu4) ...
 * Starting Samba daemons [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript samba, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing samba (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 samba
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat May 10 16:15:02 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: samba 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

[Mathias Gug (mathiaz)]

On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 11:16:57PM -0000, RicS wrote:
>

Could you check the content of your samba log files in /var/log/samba/ ?
Could you post your /etc/samba/smb.conf file ?

 status incomplete

--
Mathias Gug
Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for samba (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]