package samba 2:4.4.5+dfsg-2ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[david jones]

error report

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: samba 2:4.4.5+dfsg-2ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-27.29-generic 4.8.1
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-27-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Oct 25 05:22:32 2016
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-13 (41 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20160420.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
 apt 1.3.1
SambaServerRegression: Yes
SmbConfIncluded: Yes
SmbLog:

SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba 2:4.4.5+dfsg-2ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
WindowsFailedConnect: Yes

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Nish Aravamudan (nacc)]

Thank you for filing this bug! I think the relevant bits from the log are:

Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/nmbd ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/samba ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/samba-ad-dc ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/smbd ...
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/nmbd.service → /lib/systemd/system/nmbd.service.
Failed to preset unit: Unit file /etc/systemd/system/samba-ad-dc.service is masked.
/usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper: error: systemctl preset failed on samba-ad-dc.service: No such file or directory
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/smbd.service → /lib/systemd/system/smbd.service.
Job for nmbd.service failed because a timeout was exceeded.
See "systemctl status nmbd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript nmbd, action "start" failed.
● nmbd.service - Samba NMB Daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nmbd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Tue 2016-10-25 05:22:32 EDT; 17ms ago
     Docs: man:nmbd(8)
           man:samba(7)
           man:smb.conf(5)
 Main PID: 13203
   Status: "nmbd: No local IPv4 non-loopback interfaces available, waiting for interface ..."
    Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/nmbd.service

Do you have IPv4 networking configured on the system in question?

[Nish Aravamudan (nacc)]

Please provide the above information and change the bug state back, thanks!

[Nish Aravamudan (nacc)]

Upon further review, I believe this might be the same as LP: #1635491