Attempted to re-install Samba using synaptic getting error package samba 2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.2 failed to install/upgrade: installed samba package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

[Santa]

Was having problems sharing folders on my Ubuntu box with both another Ubuntu 18.04 box and a Windows 7 box. Kept getting error from Samba so attempted to re-install.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: samba 2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-33.36-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-33-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Sep 2 09:28:07 2018
ErrorMessage: installed samba package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-26 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20180105.1)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 nautilus 1:3.26.3-0ubuntu4
 gvfs 1.36.1-0ubuntu1.1
SambaClientRegression: Yes
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba 2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.2 failed to install/upgrade: installed samba package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-26 (6 days ago)

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

Thanks for filing this bug in Ubuntu.

The logs confirm that samba failed to start, but not why. There is also no config file attached to this report, so we can't say if it's a syntax error there.

Please attach the log files from /var/log/samba/log* and the configuration file from /etc/samba/smb.conf.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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