Changing the status to confirmed. While the init script doesn't report any errors, I do get this doing a fresh install
... Setting up samba (2:3.3.0-3ubuntu2) ... Generating /etc/default/samba... tdbsam_open: Converting version 0 database to version 4. account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 1 (min password length), returning 0 account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 2 (password history), returning 0 account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 3 (user must logon to change password), returning 0 account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 4 (maximum password age), returning 0 account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 5 (minimum password age), returning 0 account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 6 (lockout duration), returning 0 account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 7 (reset count minutes), returning 0 account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 8 (bad lockout attempt), returning 0 account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 9 (disconnect time), returning 0 account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 10 (refuse machine password change), returning 0 Importing account for nobody...ok Importing account for andreas...ok * Starting Samba daemons By the way, nmbd does actually seems to start fine. ** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- 9.04 Jaunty Samba 2:3.3.0-3ubuntu2 fails to start on update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/330626 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs