[Bug 618633] Re: package samba-common 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1 failed to remove: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1

[Ursula Junque]

>From log:
Setting up samba-common (2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1) ...
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/samba/smb.conf
Install/upgrade will fail. To recover, please try:
  sudo cp /usr/share/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf
  sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: error processing samba-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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Title:
  package samba-common 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1 failed to remove:
  subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1

Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: samba

  "sudo apt-get remove samba" resulted in post-removal script returning
  error exit status 1.  Terminal log included below.

  I think that installing samba never completed successfully - "service
  samba stop" returned "stop: Unknown instance" despite "service
  --status-all" showing that smbd was running.  This occurred after
  installing samba from terminal using "sudo apt-get install samba",
  upgrading via Update Manager, then uninstalling from terminal using
  "sudo apt-get remove samba", which resulted in the post-removal script
  returning error exit status 1 rather than uninstalling cleanly.
  (Between installing and uninstalling I had added gadmin-samba, which
  was automatically removed during the remove of samba.)

  Version of OS is Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS

  $ apt-cache policy samba
  samba:
    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1
    Version table:
       2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

  Complete terminal log:
  andrew at fatlaptop:/$ sudo apt-get remove samba                         [29/970]
  [sudo] password for andrew: 
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required
  :
    python-libuser libuser1
  Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
  The following packages will be REMOVED:
    gadmin-samba samba system-config-samba
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  6 not fully installed or removed.
  After this operation, 23.6MB disk space will be freed.
  Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
  (Reading database ... 234348 files and directories currently installed.)
  Removing system-config-samba ...
  Removing gadmin-samba ...
  Removing samba ...
  Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
  Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
  Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
  Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache...
  Processing triggers for man-db ...
  Processing triggers for menu ...
  Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
  Processing triggers for ufw ...
  Processing triggers for python-support ...
  Setting up samba-common (2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1) ...
  Not replacing deleted config file /etc/samba/smb.conf
  Install/upgrade will fail. To recover, please try:
    sudo cp /usr/share/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf
    sudo dpkg --configure -a
  dpkg: error processing samba-common (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of samba-common-bin:
   samba-common-bin depends on samba-common (>= 2:3.4.0~pre1-2); however:
    Package samba-common is not configured yet.
  dpkg: error processing samba-common-bin (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of smbclient:
   smbclient depends on samba-common (= 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1); however:
    Package samba-common is not configured yet.
  dpkg: error processing smbclient (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of smbfs:
   smbfs depends on samba-common (= 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1); however:
    Package samba-common is not configured yet.
  dpkg: error processing smbfs (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                              No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                          No apport report writt
  en because MaxReports is reached already
                                          No apport report written because MaxRe
  ports is reached already

                           winbind depends on samba-common (= 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubun
  tu3.1); however:
    Package samba-common is not configured yet.
  dpkg: error processing winbind (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   samba-common
   samba-common-bin
   smbclient
   smbfs
   winbind
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: samba-common 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Aug 16 07:29:05 2010
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SambaServerRegression: No
  SourcePackage: samba
  Title: package samba-common 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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