Could you try purging samba samba-common and libpam-smbpass: $ sudo apt-get purge samba libpam-smbpass samba-common (If you changed Samba configuration files, make backups before you purge) Then reinstall: $ sudo apt-get install samba libpam-smbpass
If it succeeeds, then something must have been wrong with existing /var/lib/samba data... -- logging in immediately logs out again https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/302092 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs