Hi! I can confirm this bug. I've installed 2 machines in the last 2 weeks and got the same. I did an ubuntu server 6.06.1 install and after that I installed ssh and the next command was already following:
# apt-get install samba Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libcupsys2 samba-common Recommended packages: smbldap-tools The following NEW packages will be installed: libcupsys2 samba samba-common 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 25 not upgraded. Need to get 5041kB of archives. After unpacking 12.6MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main samba-common 3.0.22-1ubuntu3.1 [2075kB] Get:2 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main libcupsys2 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06 [121kB] Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main samba 3.0.22-1ubuntu3.1 [2845kB] Fetched 5041kB in 46s (109kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package libcupsys2. (Reading database ... 13422 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libcupsys2 (from .../libcupsys2_1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package samba-common. Unpacking samba-common (from .../samba-common_3.0.22-1ubuntu3.1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package samba. Unpacking samba (from .../samba_3.0.22-1ubuntu3.1_i386.deb) ... Setting up libcupsys2 (1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06) ... Setting up samba-common (3.0.22-1ubuntu3.1) ... Setting up samba (3.0.22-1ubuntu3.1) ... Generating /etc/default/samba... TDBSAM version too old (0), trying to convert it. TDBSAM converted successfully. account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 1 (min password length), returning 0 account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 2 (password history), returning 0 account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 3 (user must logon to change password), returning 0 account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 4 (maximum password age), returning 0 account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 5 (minimum password age), returning 0 account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 6 (lockout duration), returning 0 account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 7 (reset count minutes), returning 0 account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 8 (bad lockout attempt), returning 0 account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 9 (disconnect time), returning 0 account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 10 (refuse machine password change), returning 0 * Starting Samba daemons -- samba account_policy_get fails on install https://launchpad.net/bugs/24741 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
