Can't install ksmbd-tools package on Ubuntu 24.04

[Bernard]

After upgrading Ubuntu from 23.10 to 24.04 ksmbd stops working so I tried to uninstall and install ksmbd-tools package.
Unfortunately I receive an error and can't install it:

el@akacja:~$ sudo apt-get install ksmbd-tools
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  ksmbd-tools
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/68.2 kB of archives.
After this operation, 190 kB of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 243854 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../ksmbd-tools_3.5.1-1build2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking ksmbd-tools (3.5.1-1build2) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/ksmbd-tools_3.5.1-1build2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 unable to open '/usr/lib/systemd/system/ksmbd.service.dpkg-new': No such file or directory
No apport report written because the error message indicates an issue on the local system
     Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/ksmbd-tools_3.5.1-1build2_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

My system:
el@akacja:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; apt-cache policy ksmbd-tools
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Release: 24.04
Codename: noble
Linux akacja 6.8.0-31-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Apr 20 00:40:06 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ksmbd-tools:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 3.5.1-1build2
  Version table:
     3.5.1-1build2 500
        500 http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages

el@akacja:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 746M 2.2M 744M 1% /run
efivarfs 128K 103K 21K 84% /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
/dev/sdc2 116G 28G 83G 25% /
tmpfs 3.7G 47M 3.6G 2% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 8.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
/dev/sda1 917G 443G 428G 51% /mnt/harddisk1
/dev/sdc1 1.1G 6.2M 1.1G 1% /boot/efi
/dev/sdb1 4.5T 1.7T 2.9T 37% /mnt/harddisk
log2ram 1.0G 403M 622M 40% /var/log
tmpfs 746M 132K 746M 1% /run/user/1000

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Lenin (gagarin)]

Czesc Bernard jestes na IRCu?

[Bernard (bern1)]

Hello,
Unfortunately I don't use IRC.
I tried to install today's version (ksmbd-tools_3.5.2-1) manually but with the same undesirable result:

el@akacja:/opt$ sudo dpkg -i ksmbd-tools_3.5.2-1_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 244008 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack ksmbd-tools_3.5.2-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking ksmbd-tools (3.5.2-1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive ksmbd-tools_3.5.2-1_amd64.deb (--install):
 unable to open '/usr/lib/systemd/system/ksmbd.service.dpkg-new': No such file or directory
Processing triggers for man-db (2.12.0-4build2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ksmbd-tools_3.5.2-1_amd64.deb

[Lenin (gagarin)]

get the source:
apt-get source ksmbd-tools
edit debian/install so it says
ksmbd-tools usr/lib/systemd/system

debuild
and install your new deb pkg

[Bernard (bern1)]

Hello, Ufortunately I have received errors:

dpkg-deb: building package 'ksmbd-tools' in '../ksmbd-tools_3.5.1-1_amd64.deb'.
dpkg-deb: building package 'ksmbd-tools-dbgsym' in 'debian/.debhelper/scratch-space/build-ksmbd-tools/ksmbd-tools-dbgsym_3.5.1_amd64.deb'.
        Renaming ksmbd-tools-dbgsym_3.5.1-1_amd64.deb to ksmbd-tools-dbgsym_3.5.1-1_amd64.ddeb
 dpkg-genbuildinfo -O../ksmbd-tools_3.5.1-1_amd64.buildinfo
 dpkg-genchanges -O../ksmbd-tools_3.5.1-1_amd64.changes
dpkg-genchanges: info: including full source code in upload
 dpkg-source --after-build .
dpkg-buildpackage: info: full upload (original source is included)
Now running lintian ksmbd-tools_3.5.1-1_amd64.changes ...
E: ksmbd-tools changes: bad-distribution-in-changes-file unstable
W: ksmbd-tools source: build-depends-on-obsolete-package Build-Depends: pkg-config => pkgconf
W: ksmbd-tools: groff-message troff:<standard input>:22: error: character '.' is not allowed as a starting delimiter [usr/sharman/man5/ksmbd.conf.5.gz:2]
W: ksmbd-tools: groff-message troff:<standard input>:22: warning: expected numeric expression, got 'E' [usr/share/man/man5/ksm.conf.5.gz:1]
W: ksmbd-tools: groff-message troff:<standard input>:23: warning: expected numeric expression, got ')' [usr/share/man/man5/ksm.conf.5.gz:4]
W: ksmbd-tools: groff-message troff:<standard input>:23: warning: expected numeric expression, got 'o' [usr/share/man/man5/ksm.conf.5.gz:5]
W: ksmbd-tools: groff-message troff:<standard input>:23: warning: expected numeric expression, got 's' [usr/share/man/man5/ksm.conf.5.gz:3]
Finished running lintian.
Now signing changes and any dsc files...
 signfile dsc ksmbd-tools_3.5.1-1.dsc Gürkan Myczko <email address hidden>
gpg: directory '/home/ela/.gnupg' created
gpg: keybox '/home/ela/.gnupg/pubring.kbx' created
gpg: skipped "Gürkan Myczko <email address hidden>": No secret key
gpg: /tmp/debsign.o4PtQiPe/ksmbd-tools_3.5.1-1.dsc: clear-sign failed: No secret key
debsign: gpg error occurred! Aborting....
debuild: fatal error at line 1114:
running debsign failed

[Lenin (gagarin)]

looks like it built. ls *.deb then apt install ./theright.deb

[Bernard (bern1)]

you're right, I was looking for *.deb in ~/ksmbd-tools and it was in ~/

The new installation seems to be looking for the configuration file in the /usr/local/etc/ksmbd directory and not /etc/ksmbd like the previous one.
However, after installing and restarting the service, errors appear:

░░ The job identifier is 19671.
May 06 20:44:13 akacja ksmbd[38515]: [ksmbd.mountd/38515]: INFO: Wrote `/run/ksmbd.lock'
May 06 20:44:13 akacja ksmbd[38515]: [ksmbd.mountd(manager)/38515]: INFO: Started worker
May 06 20:44:13 akacja ksmbd.mountd[38514]: [ksmbd.mountd/38514]: INFO: Started manager
May 06 20:44:13 akacja ksmbd[38515]: [ksmbd.mountd(manager)/38515]: INFO: Terminated
May 06 20:44:13 akacja systemd[1]: ksmbd.service: New main PID 38515 does not exist or is a zombie.
May 06 20:44:13 akacja systemd[1]: ksmbd.service: Failed with result 'protocol'.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
I temporarily switched to the Samba (smbd) software

[Lenin (gagarin)]

During my tests, I did so with Debian on sid as well as Debian 12. I had it all working fine. I am not sure what you are doing. But I should have some time later this week trying to reproduce…