package winbind 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Tania S]

update manager found this automatically.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Dec 7 18:40:53 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: winbind 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.52-generic
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package winbind 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686

[Tania S (tania-spicer-short)]

(tried to install wine (unsucessfully!) in the past. May or may not be related)

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

The relevant error is
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Setting up winbind (2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.1) ...
groupadd: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later.
addgroup: `/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 121 winbindd_priv' returned error code 10. Exiting.
dpkg: error processing winbind (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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