** Description changed: [Impact] - Currently we receive large numbers of bug reports for samba during upgrades due to broken permissions or misconfiguration of samba. + Currently we receive large numbers of bug reports for samba during upgrades due to broken permissions or misconfiguration of samba. This is due to how testparm is used in the pre-start script for nmbd - the intent is to determine whether the daemon should be started by querying a specific samba configuration element - however testparm returns a non-zero error code for WARNINGS resulting in a pre-start failure in the init script for trivial configuration issues and broken permissions. [Test Case] sudo apt-get install samba sudo chmod 0777 /var/lib/samba - sudo testparm -s - - (displays a WARNING about permissions) - - exit code is non-zero - sudo start nmbd - - start: Job failed to start + sudo testparm -s + - (displays a WARNING about permissions) + - exit code is non-zero + sudo stop nmbd + sudo start nmbd + - start: Job failed to start grep nmbd /var/log/syslog - - [...] nmbd pre-start process (XXXX) terminated with status 1 + - [...] nmbd pre-start process (XXXX) terminated with status 1 [Regression Potential] Minimal - the fix is limited to a single line in the pre-start block of the nmbd upstart configuration. Any regressions would manifest themselves in this area. Likely problems may include nmbd itself (rather than the upstart pre-start script) not starting correctly due to broken configuration - although this is not technically a regression of course. [Original Bug Report] Binary package hint: samba Happens any time I install or uninstall a program. But does not seem to effect the operation of the programs. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AptOrdering: gdm: Install samba: Configure gadmin-samba: Configure system-config-samba: Configure gdm: Configure Architecture: i386 BothFailedConnect: Yes Date: Thu Jun 2 11:53:20 2011 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) NmbdLog: SambaServerRegression: Yes SmbConfIncluded: Yes SmbLog: SourcePackage: samba Title: package samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-01 (31 days ago)
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