package samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Rick]

May be same as 1675916. I have not been able to get samba operational in Ubuntu 16. Has always returned a package error. When samba is launched, nothing happens.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-66.87-generic 4.4.44
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-66-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
BothFailedConnect: Yes
Date: Sat Mar 25 05:53:03 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-28 (970 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64+mac (20140417)
NmbdLog:

RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.19
SambaServerRegression: No
SmbConfIncluded: Yes
SmbLog:

SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-06-14 (284 days ago)

[Nish Aravamudan (nacc)]

Hello and thank you for filing this report.

Can you provide the output of the commands from the logs:

Job for smbd.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status smbd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Also, rather than trying to force things, let's get to a clean working apt (no dpkg errors) (so might require purging samba first) then attempt to install it fresh.

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