Thank you for opening this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. Did you also uninstall samba-common before trying to reinstall? I cannot see a reference to samba-common being uninstalled (purged) on the dpkg log you provided.
** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- package samba 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/543909 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