package samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Juha]

package update installation failed

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-71.92-generic 4.4.49
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-71-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Mar 31 18:45:35 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-05 (756 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20150218.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 nautilus 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu5
 gvfs 1.28.2-1ubuntu1~16.04.1
SambaClientRegression: No
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-02 (240 days ago)

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Hi,
thank you for reporting the bug and making Ubuntu better"
Unfortunately the log didn't hold any detailed information what exactly went wrong.

If you could provide the full output of
$ systemctl status smbd.service
that might help.

Also in most cases of this kind of bugs user installed a package in the past, then did not configure it (or expeerimented), but eventually ended up with a service not starting.
Now on the update the service is restarted and this is in most of the cases what is reported as the fail.

There again the output above might help.
If it wasn't working before the update the question is either:
1. fix its config up to work
2. remove it if not needed anyway

To assist one would likely need at least the output and maybe even more configuration details.
Marking it incomplete until provided.

[Juha (juha-herrala-m)]

sounds logical, maybe I did not finish samba installation properly long ago
I wrote your line to terminal:
juha@juhaUbuntuPB:~$ systemctl status smbd.service
● smbd.service - LSB: start Samba SMB/CIFS daemon (smbd)
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/smbd; bad; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since su 2017-04-02 14:56:49 EEST; 1 day 6
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
  Process: 1528 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/smbd start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

huhti 02 14:56:48 juhaUbuntuPB systemd[1]: Starting LSB: start Samba SMB/CIFS da
huhti 02 14:56:48 juhaUbuntuPB smbd[1528]:  * Starting SMB/CIFS daemon smbd
huhti 02 14:56:49 juhaUbuntuPB smbd[1528]:    ...fail!
huhti 02 14:56:49 juhaUbuntuPB systemd[1]: smbd.service: Control process exited,
huhti 02 14:56:49 juhaUbuntuPB systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: start Samba SMB/
huhti 02 14:56:49 juhaUbuntuPB systemd[1]: smbd.service: Unit entered failed sta
huhti 02 14:56:49 juhaUbuntuPB systemd[1]: smbd.service: Failed with result 'exi
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-----Original Message-----
From: ChristianEhrhardt <email address hidden>
Reply-to: Bug 1678214 <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 1678214] Re: package samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 14:30:12 -0000

Hi,
thank you for reporting the bug and making Ubuntu better"
Unfortunately the log didn't hold any detailed information what exactly went wrong.

If you could provide the full output of
$ systemctl status smbd.service
that might help.

Also in most cases of this kind of bugs user installed a package in the past, then did not configure it (or expeerimented), but eventually ended up with a service not starting.
Now on the update the service is restarted and this is in most of the cases what is reported as the fail.

There again the output above might help.
If it wasn't working before the update the question is either:
1. fix its config up to work
2. remove it if not needed anyway

To assist one would likely need at least the output and maybe even more configuration details.
Marking it incomplete until provided.

** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for samba (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Juha (juha-herrala-m)]

I removed samba an reinstalled it. After that several updates have been fault free. Thanks for the suggestion

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

Thanks for getting back to us about this