[Bug 254151] [NEW] samba fails to install prperly after unnistall+deleting smb.conf

[Giorgos Koklas]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: samba

os: ubuntu 8.04.1
package:  samba 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.4

[description]

For some reason my shares were no longer marked as shared in nautilus. 
I decided to "wipe out" samba and do a fresh install. I did the following:

1. sudo apt-get remove samba
2. sudo rm -rf  /etc/samba/{all files in there}
3. sudo apt-get install samba. During installation I got an error reagarding dependencies 
between samba and samba-common and the installation would fail. 

I managed to cmplete the installation by doing this:

sudo touch /etc/samba/smb.conf

Although samba installed my smb.conf was empty and I still haven't been
able to share again.

[what I would like it to do]

I think that smb.conf should be created with its default contents each
time a user installs samba AND smb.conf is missing for whatever reason.
Otherwise it should use an existing smb.conf.

[!NOTICE! SOME STRINGS TRANSLATED FROM GREEK]
ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Aug  1 23:03:41 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: sub-proccess  post-installation script returned error state 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: samba-common 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.4
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba-common 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.4 failed to install/upgrade: sub-proccess  post-installation script returned error state 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

** Affects: samba (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-package

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samba fails to install prperly after unnistall+deleting smb.conf
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254151
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