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package samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #782283 reported by dallaswv on 2011-05-13

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #791944: [SRU] package samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.2 failed to install/upgrade: broken permissions/configuration cause daemons not to start correctly. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	samba (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: samba

Have this problem every time I try to install or remove a package. This is something that has only started since upgrading to Ubuntu 11.4

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
BothFailedConnect: Yes
Date: Fri May 13 11:06:58 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
NmbdLog:

SambaServerRegression: Yes
SmbConfIncluded: Yes
SmbLog:

SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-01 (11 days ago)

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dallaswv (dallas-vinson) wrote on 2011-05-13:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (661 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (114.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.gz Edit (1.2 KiB, application/x-gzip)
SMBConf.txt Edit (12.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
SambaInstalledVersions.txt Edit (389 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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James Page (james-page) wrote on 2011-05-19:

etting up samba (2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.1) ...
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript nmbd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing samba (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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James Page (james-page) wrote on 2011-05-19:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 780314, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.