Thanks for filing this bug in Ubuntu. The logs indicate that the smbd service, part of samba, failed to start, but do not tell why: invoke-rc.d: initscript smbd, action "start" failed. [0;1;31m●[0m smbd.service - Samba SMB Daemon Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/smbd.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: [0;1;31mfailed[0m (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2018-09-05 13:59:35 EDT; 18ms ago Docs: man:smbd(8) man:samba(7) man:smb.conf(5) Process: 4464 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group $SMBDOPTIONS [0;1;31m(code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)[0m Main PID: 4464 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Sep 05 13:59:35 Athena systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon... Sep 05 13:59:35 Athena systemd[1]: [0;1;39m[0;1;31m[0;1;39msmbd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE[0m Sep 05 13:59:35 Athena systemd[1]: [0;1;39m[0;1;31m[0;1;39msmbd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.[0m Sep 05 13:59:35 Athena systemd[1]: [0;1;31m[0;1;39m[0;1;31mFailed to start Samba SMB Daemon.[0m Could you please look into the log files from /var/log/samba, and perhaps even attach them here? They will have a better indication about what happened. Thanks ** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server, which is subscribed to samba in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1790971 Title: package samba 2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.2 failed to install/upgrade: installed samba package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1790971/+subscriptions -- 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