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package samba 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade:

Bug #656660 reported by vinay on 2010-10-08

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #576307: error (bashism?) in postinst. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	samba (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: samba

I want to share files and folder of ubunto machine to windows machine. Both machine are in same domain of corporate network.
Also I want to access the corporate network folders present on linux server.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: samba 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.24-25.63-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-25-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 7 18:34:58 2010
ErrorMessage:
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
RelatedPackageVersions:
nautilus 1:2.30.1-0ubuntu1.1
gvfs 1.6.1-0ubuntu1build1
SambaClientRegression: Yes
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade:

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vinay (sgvinay) wrote on 2010-10-08:

Dependencies.txt Edit (1.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
SambaInstalledVersions.txt Edit (389 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz Edit (11.6 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz Edit (58.6 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeLspcitxt.gz Edit (687 bytes, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz Edit (13.8 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeSystemstatetargz.gz Edit (335.6 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog.gz Edit (59.7 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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Thierry Carrez (ttx) wrote on 2010-10-13:

Error is:

Setting up samba (2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/logrotate.d/samba ...
Adding group `sambashare' (GID 118) ...
Done.
adduser: The group `sambashare' does not exist.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/samba.postinst: 118: !getent: not found
dpkg: error processing samba (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127