Samba crash, no /etc/samba directory, happened without reason, all of sudden, purge / reinstall doesnt work

[zwobble]

Binary package hint: samba

Installed with apt-get
--purge to remove entire samba doesnt solve the issue
reinstalling samba doesnt solve the issue

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: samba-common 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.3
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba-common 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information.

Please include the information requested at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSamba#samba-pkg-fail.

[Thierry Carrez (ttx)]

Setting up samba-common (2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.3) ...

Not replacing deleted config file /etc/samba/smb.conf

chmod: cannot access `/etc/samba/smb.conf': No such file or directory

Dupe of bug 312449