Samba Wont Install-invoke-rc.d: initscript samba, action "start" failed
Andrew Syrewicze
asyrewicze at gmail.com
Wed Jul 11 17:43:13 UTC 2007
Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> Can't install samba due to the issue shown in above subject title
> using "aptitude install". The first install went with total success
> but decided to purge/install due to some smb.conf issues not being
> able to see ubuntu pc from WXP machine.
> Using Feisty up-to date.
>
> The Apt error output shown below:
> .......
> Setting up samba (3.0.24-2ubuntu1.2) ...
> Generating /etc/default/samba...
> * Starting Samba
> daemons...
> [fail]
> invoke-rc.d: initscript samba, action "start" failed.
> dpkg: error processing samba (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Setting up libcrypt-smbhash-perl (0.12-1) ...
> Setting up smbldap-tools (0.9.2-3) ...
>
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> samba
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
> Setting up samba (3.0.24-2ubuntu1.2) ...
> * Starting Samba
> daemons...
> [fail]
> invoke-rc.d: initscript samba, action "start" failed.
> dpkg: error processing samba (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> samba
> lchata at ubuntu:/etc$ sudo aptitude -f install
>
> Using "sudo aptitude -f install" fix wanted to remove all too much for
> my satisfaction including most all printer cups drivers, mplayer,
> flash, clamav, pdf readers, etc, etc.
> About at the limits to solve this issue without using the -f install
> thingy, any other suggestions/fixes to try. Any help/suggesions/links
> most appreciated as samba hasn't been nice to me or worked.
> TIA,
>
>
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
Just out of curiosity have you run apt-get update recently?? Also, You
said that you had done a remove/purge of the samba package??? are you
using aptitude, synaptic, or apt-get from the command line???
--
ANDO
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