package samba 2:3.6.3-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Tyler Wagler]

After a purge, tried to re-install samba.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: samba 2:3.6.3-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu1
AptOrdering:
 samba: Install
 tdb-tools: Install
 samba: Configure
 tdb-tools: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Mar 8 20:29:19 2012
DuplicateSignature:
 Setting up samba (2:3.6.3-1ubuntu1) ...
 /var/lib/dpkg/info/samba.postinst: 61: /var/lib/dpkg/info/samba.postinst: cannot create /etc/samba/smbpasswd: Directory nonexistent
 dpkg: error processing samba (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba 2:3.6.3-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

Tyler, thanks for beta testing precise, and thanks for the bug report!

Did you also purge 'samba-common' ? If you removed /etc/samba manually without purging samba-common (the package that owns and guarantees the existence of /etc/samba) then dpkg might consider that a conffile removal, and preserve it.

Try purging samba-common and then reinstalling it as well.

If you already did that, then please run

ls -ld /etc /etc/samba
dpkg -S /etc/samba
dpkg -L samba-common

And report back here the results of those.

Marking Invalid pending a response.

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

Oops, I meant Incomplete, not Invalid.

[LeDucDuBleuet (eleduc)]

I had the same problem today while updating 12.04.

I had to purge the packages samba + samba-common and re-install them in order to have the Samba server working again.

This is not optimal since you have to reconfigure all your your samba shares after doing so...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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