That did it, although the purge failed: j...@jim-d620:~$ sudo apt-get purge samba [sudo] password for jim: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: samba* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 12.2MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? (Reading database ... 249798 files and directories currently installed.) Removing samba ... invoke-rc.d: dangling symlink: /etc/rc2.d/K09samba dpkg: error processing samba (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 102 Errors were encountered while processing: samba E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) j...@jim-d620:~$ sudo rm /etc/rc2.d/K09samba /etc/rc3.d/K09samba j...@jim-d620:~$ sudo apt-get install samba Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done samba is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up samba (2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.3) ... * Starting Samba daemons [ OK ]
No idea where the spurios files came from. Thanks for your help! -- package samba 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 102 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/311005 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs