Public bug reported: I attempted to upgrade a system to focal for beta testing. Everything except Samba upgraded fine and the system rebooted without issue. I think this error was caused by my aging Samba config, which is probably pushing 10 years old now and likely has parameters no longer supported and was designed in my early high school days. Up until this upgrade, it worked fine without issue.
What I found a little strange is how my outdated config was preventing it from being properly installed. I was able to get the upgrade completed by removing Samba, deleting my config file and replacing it with a blank one, and applying the remaining upgrades. Once that was done, Samba was installed again. I was able to generate a new Samba config with Webmin and my systems can access the share just fine. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: samba-common-bin 2:4.11.1+dfsg-3ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-26.28-generic 5.3.13 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-26-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu15 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Jan 11 02:07:53 2020 ErrorMessage: installed samba-common-bin package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-10 (366 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) NmbdLog: OtherFailedConnect: Yes Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.7, Python 3.7.6, python3-minimal, 3.7.5-1ubuntu1 PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.17, python-minimal, 2.7.17-1 RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu2 apt 1.9.5 SambaServerRegression: Yes SmbConfIncluded: Yes SmbLog: SourcePackage: samba TestparmExitCode: 1 Title: package samba-common-bin 2:4.11.1+dfsg-3ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: installed samba-common-bin package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-01-11 (0 days ago) ** Affects: samba (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1859276 Title: package samba-common-bin 2:4.11.1+dfsg-3ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: installed samba-common-bin package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1859276/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs