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samba package

Did todays update, samba failed? can still browse mounted network shares

Bug #440918 reported by Emerica
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: samba

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ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: samba-common 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3.2
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba-common 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686

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Emerica (blendz) wrote :
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Andreas Olsson (andol) wrote :

Looks like you've removed your /etc/samba/smb.conf

  Setting up samba-common (2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3.1) ...
  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

Follow the instructions to recover.

Changed in samba (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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Emerica (blendz) wrote : Re: [Bug 440918] Re: Did todays update, samba failed? can still browse mounted network shares

Andreas Olsson wrote:
> Looks like you've removed your /etc/samba/smb.conf
>
> Setting up samba-common (2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3.1) ...
> 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
>
> Follow the instructions to recover.
>
> ** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
>
 not intentionally., didn't have a problem till that update. conf should
have been there before updating, though cant confirm that. No real
reason why it should have been deleted.

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