Thanks for filing this bug in Ubuntu. Unfortunately the logs do not say why the service failed to start: invoke-rc.d: initscript smbd, action "start" failed. [0;1;31m●[0m smbd.service - LSB: start Samba SMB/CIFS daemon (smbd) Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/smbd; bad; vendor preset: enabled) Active: [0;1;31mfailed[0m (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2018-10-24 09:18:45 CDT; 5ms ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Process: 30719 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/smbd start [0;1;31m(code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)[0m
Oct 24 09:18:44 benf systemd[1]: Starting LSB: start Samba SMB/CIFS daemon ..... Oct 24 09:18:44 benf smbd[30719]: * Starting SMB/CIFS daemon smbd Oct 24 09:18:45 benf smbd[30719]: ...fail! Oct 24 09:18:45 benf systemd[1]: [0;1;39msmbd.service: Control process exited, code...=1[0m Oct 24 09:18:45 benf systemd[1]: [0;1;31mFailed to start LSB: start Samba SMB/CIFS ...).[0m Oct 24 09:18:45 benf systemd[1]: [0;1;39msmbd.service: Unit entered failed state.[0m Oct 24 09:18:45 benf systemd[1]: [0;1;39msmbd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.[0m Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full. Could you please attach the log files from /var/log/samba/log* and your config file /etc/samba/smb.conf? Thanks ** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1799730 Title: package samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.17 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1799730/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs