Comment 4 for bug 791944

On 06/03/2011 06:15 PM, Clint Byrum wrote:
> dallaswv, The relevant error is here:
>
> Setting up samba (2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.2) ...
> start: Job failed to start
> invoke-rc.d: initscript nmbd, action "start" failed.
> dpkg: error processing samba (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> This means nmbd is failing to start.
>
> Can you try
>
> sudo start nmbd
>
> and provide the output? Also the output of
lupine@lupys-ubuntu:~$ sudo start nmbd
sudo: /var/lib/sudo writable by non-owner (040775), should be mode 0700
[sudo] password for lupine:
start: Job failed to start
lupine@lupys-ubuntu:~$

>
> sudo grep nmbd /var/log/syslog
lupine@lupys-ubuntu:~$ sudo grep nmbd /var/log/syslog
sudo: /var/lib/sudo writable by non-owner (040775), should be mode 0700
[sudo] password for lupine:
Jun 4 10:40:37 lupys-ubuntu init: nmbd pre-start process (18125)
terminated with status 1
lupine@lupys-ubuntu:~$

>
> Would be helpful. And finally, if you can include
> /var/log/samba/nmbd.log , we can take a look at it to see why nmbd is
> failing to start.
>
lupine@lupys-ubuntu:~$ sudo grep nmbd /var/log/samba/nmbd.log
sudo: /var/lib/sudo writable by non-owner (040775), should be mode 0700
[sudo] password for lupine:
grep: /var/log/samba/nmbd.log: No such file or directory
lupine@lupys-ubuntu:~$

> Marking Incomplete pending response.
>
> ** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>