Excerpts from datanalytics.com's message of Thu Jun 16 21:14:58 UTC 2011: > My huge mistake, sorry for making you loose your time. I use to do > administrative tasks as root... > > Here it goes: > > root@kropotkin:~# /etc/init.d/nmbd start > Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8) > utility, e.g. service nmbd start > > Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an > Upstart job, you may also use the start(8) utility, e.g. start nmbd > start: Job failed to start > root@kropotkin:~# service nmbd start > start: Job failed to start > root@kropotkin:~# cat /var/log/samba/log.nmbd > cat: /var/log/samba/log.nmbd: No such file or directory
Interesting! Can you show us dpkg -l samba and ls -l /usr/sbin/nmbd As well? Also grep nmbd /var/log/syslog Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/791944 Title: package samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/791944/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
