Samba did indeed fail to start, but the logs don't show the reason:
invoke-rc.d: initscript smbd, action "restart" failed.
● smbd.service - Samba SMB Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/smbd.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2018-08-06 11:35:40 -03; 23ms ago
Docs: man:smbd(8) man:samba(7) man:smb.conf(5)
Process: 4921 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group $SMBDOPTIONS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 4921 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
ago 06 11:35:39 juanpablo-desktop systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon...
ago 06 11:35:40 juanpablo-desktop systemd[1]: smbd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
ago 06 11:35:40 juanpablo-desktop systemd[1]: smbd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
ago 06 11:35:40 juanpablo-desktop systemd[1]: Failed to start Samba SMB Daemon.
dpkg: error al procesar el paquete samba (--configure):
instalado samba paquete post-installation guión el subproceso devolvió un error con estado de salida 1
Could you please attach the files from /var/log/samba/log* to this bug? They should contain the reason for the failure.
Thanks for filing this bug in Ubuntu.
Samba did indeed fail to start, but the logs don't show the reason: system/ smbd.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
man: samba(7)
man: smb.conf( 5) /usr/sbin/ smbd --foreground --no-process-group $SMBDOPTIONS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
invoke-rc.d: initscript smbd, action "restart" failed.
● smbd.service - Samba SMB Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2018-08-06 11:35:40 -03; 23ms ago
Docs: man:smbd(8)
Process: 4921 ExecStart=
Main PID: 4921 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
ago 06 11:35:39 juanpablo-desktop systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon...
ago 06 11:35:40 juanpablo-desktop systemd[1]: smbd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
ago 06 11:35:40 juanpablo-desktop systemd[1]: smbd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
ago 06 11:35:40 juanpablo-desktop systemd[1]: Failed to start Samba SMB Daemon.
dpkg: error al procesar el paquete samba (--configure):
instalado samba paquete post-installation guión el subproceso devolvió un error con estado de salida 1
Could you please attach the files from /var/log/samba/log* to this bug? They should contain the reason for the failure.
Thanks!