[Bug 1704706] Re: Installation and removal repeatedly fail

2017-07-19 Thread Andreas Hasenack
Excellent, thanks for getting back to us and letting us know it's working now :) I'll just mark the bug back as "invalid" because it was a local configuration issue, and not a defect in the software itself. ** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Invalid -- You received

[Bug 1704706] Re: Installation and removal repeatedly fail

2017-07-19 Thread Andreas Hasenack
Excellent, thanks for getting back to us and letting us know it's working now :) I'll just mark the bug back as "invalid" because it was a local configuration issue, and not a defect in the software itself. ** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Invalid -- You received

[Bug 1704706] Re: Installation and removal repeatedly fail

2017-07-19 Thread Dave Douglas
\facepalm determined that smb.conf was named samba.conf after issuing the corrections that @ahasenack located in step 5 the file had been rebuilt under the wrong name by me. Resolved as PEBCAK thank you for your time. Resolve sudo systemctl status smbd.service nmbd.serviceā— smbd.service -

[Bug 1704706] Re: Installation and removal repeatedly fail

2017-07-19 Thread Andreas Hasenack
> sudo testparm > Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf > rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384) > Error loading services. This says that there are errors in your /etc/samba/smb.conf file ("Error loading services"). You need to fix them. Please attach

[Bug 1704706] Re: Installation and removal repeatedly fail

2017-07-19 Thread Andreas Hasenack
> sudo testparm > Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf > rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384) > Error loading services. This says that there are errors in your /etc/samba/smb.conf file ("Error loading services"). You need to fix them. Please attach

[Bug 1704706] Re: Installation and removal repeatedly fail

2017-07-18 Thread domacious
Thank you Andreas I need to continue reading the whole post. sudo systemctl start smbd.service nmbd.service Job for nmbd.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status nmbd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. Job for smbd.service failed because the

[Bug 1704706] Re: Installation and removal repeatedly fail

2017-07-18 Thread Andreas Hasenack
Please see my comment #5 just above. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1704706 Title: Installation and removal repeatedly fail To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1704706] Re: Installation and removal repeatedly fail

2017-07-18 Thread Andreas Hasenack
Please see my comment #5 just above. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1704706 Title: Installation and removal repeatedly fail To manage notifications about this bug go

[Bug 1704706] Re: Installation and removal repeatedly fail

2017-07-18 Thread domacious
Granted. I tried running as sudo and that didn't respond with an error however systemctl still shows smbd.service as failed. Installation still shows exit error 1 now what? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1704706] Re: Installation and removal repeatedly fail

2017-07-18 Thread Andreas Hasenack
You tried to start samba as a normal user (the "$" sign in your command prompt tells me that). That's not how it works. To stop the samba services, use: sudo systemctl stop smbd.service nmbd.service (it's two services in non-AD mode) To start the samba services, use: sudo systemctl start

[Bug 1704706] Re: Installation and removal repeatedly fail

2017-07-18 Thread Andreas Hasenack
You tried to start samba as a normal user (the "$" sign in your command prompt tells me that). That's not how it works. To stop the samba services, use: sudo systemctl stop smbd.service nmbd.service (it's two services in non-AD mode) To start the samba services, use: sudo systemctl start

[Bug 1704706] Re: Installation and removal repeatedly fail

2017-07-18 Thread domacious
Thank you for your note I Again removed and re-installed samba deleting all existence of samba including etc/samba folder. re-installing the package doesn't resolve the issue. I created the samba folder and rebuilt smb.conf from the text file attached with your noted changes. I don't know the

[Bug 1704706] Re: Installation and removal repeatedly fail

2017-07-18 Thread domacious
I had deleted the samba folder completely.. tried installing fresh and cerated the same error. Installation didn't create a new /etc/samba folder nor did it create any supporting files. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1704706] Re: Installation and removal repeatedly fail

2017-07-17 Thread Andreas Hasenack
Thanks for filing this bug in Ubuntu. You have a syntax error in your /etc/samba/smb.conf file. Look at the very end: [Home Share } comment = /home/dave/ writable = yes valid users = dave You probably meant for it to be: [Home Share] comment = /home/dave/ writable = yes valid users = dave

[Bug 1704706] Re: Installation and removal repeatedly fail

2017-07-17 Thread Andreas Hasenack
Thanks for filing this bug in Ubuntu. You have a syntax error in your /etc/samba/smb.conf file. Look at the very end: [Home Share } comment = /home/dave/ writable = yes valid users = dave You probably meant for it to be: [Home Share] comment = /home/dave/ writable = yes valid users = dave