[Bug 1760855] Re: logrotate rules do not allow for samba being disabled.

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** Merge proposal linked:
   https://code.launchpad.net/~ahasenack/ubuntu/+source/samba/+git/samba/+merge/353448

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Title:
  logrotate rules do not allow for samba being disabled.

Status in samba package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in samba package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The logrotate rules for log.smbd and log.nmbd assume that if /usr/bin/smbcontrol can be run then samba can be restarted.
  This ignores the fact that it is possible to have samba installed, but to have it disabled (you may wish to only enable it for running tests, then disable it again).
  The result is:

      /etc/cron.daily/logrotate:
      Can't find pid for destination 'smbd'
      error: error running non-shared postrotate script for /var/log/samba/log.smbd of '/var/log/samba/log.smbd '
      Can't find pid for destination 'nmbd'
      error: error running non-shared postrotate script for /var/log/samba/log.nmbd of '/var/log/samba/log.nmbd '
      run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1

  
  Given that it may be disabled it would also make sense to include "notifempty" in the rules. so that past ones don't get removed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: samba 2:4.6.7+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-37.42-generic 4.13.13
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-37-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Tue Apr  3 13:34:00 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-19 (135 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171017.1)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   nautilus N/A
   gvfs     1.34.1-1ubuntu1
  SambaClientRegression: Yes
  SourcePackage: samba
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  mtime.conffile..etc.logrotate.d.samba: 2017-11-26T00:56:36.795055

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