package samba 2:3.5.11~dfsg-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Sartor]

this error appear after
sudo apt-get install system-config-samba

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: samba 2:3.5.11~dfsg-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Thu Oct 13 13:41:45 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 nautilus N/A
 gvfs 1.10.0-0ubuntu1
SambaClientRegression: No
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba 2:3.5.11~dfsg-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[James Page (james-page)]

Error from log:

Setting up samba (2:3.5.11~dfsg-1ubuntu2) ...
Generating /etc/default/samba...
Importing account for nobody...ok
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/smbstatus.samba3 to provide /usr/bin/smbstatus (smbstatus) in auto mode.
start: Unknown job: smbd
invoke-rc.d: initscript smbd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing samba (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

The most relevant part of this is start: Unknown job: smbd

This means that /etc/init/smbd.conf is missing.

If it has been removed, then try

sudo dpkg -i --force-confmiss /var/cache/apt/archives/samba_2:3.5.11~dfsg-1ubuntu2_i386.deb

That will restore the smbd job from the package.

If that works, this was not a bug but a broken config on the system.