diff -u samba-3.2.3/debian/samba-common.dirs samba-3.2.3/debian/samba-common.dirs
--- samba-3.2.3/debian/samba-common.dirs
+++ samba-3.2.3/debian/samba-common.dirs
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d
 var/cache/samba
+var/lib/samba
 var/log/samba
 var/run/samba
diff -u samba-3.2.3/debian/samba.postrm samba-3.2.3/debian/samba.postrm
--- samba-3.2.3/debian/samba.postrm
+++ samba-3.2.3/debian/samba.postrm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 if [ "$1" = purge ]; then
 	rm -rf /var/cache/samba/browse.dat
-	rm -rf /var/lib/samba/
+	rm -rf /var/lib/samba/printers/
 	rm -rf /var/log/samba/log.nmbd* /var/log/samba/log.smbd* /var/log/samba/cores/
 	rm -rf /var/run/samba/nmbd.pid /var/run/samba/smbd.pid /var/run/samba/*.tdb
 
diff -u samba-3.2.3/debian/changelog samba-3.2.3/debian/changelog
--- samba-3.2.3/debian/changelog
+++ samba-3.2.3/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+samba (2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * Fix pam-smbpass.so crashing because it misses /var/lib/samba (LP: #260687)
+    - debian/samba-common.dirs: create /var/lib/samba in samba-common
+    - debian/samba.postrm: don't completely remove /var/lib/samba on purge
+      (just let samba-common postrm do it)
+
+ -- Thierry Carrez <thierry.carrez@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:24:48 +0200
+
 samba (2:3.2.3-1ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
 
   * Make libwbclient0 replace/conflict with hardy's likewise-open (LP: #254434)