I can confirm that ksmbd-tools from noble-proposed has fixed the bug for me.
Test done: try to install ksmbd-tools and confirm that it still fails to install. Added noble-proposed to apt sources. install ksmbd-tools from noble-proposed and confirmed it installs this time. Followed the testplan for the basic sanity test and confirmed ksmbd is running. $ systemctl status ksmbd ● ksmbd.service - ksmbd userspace daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/ksmbd.service; enabled; preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Thu 2025-01-30 21:00:38 GMT; 7s ago Process: 10357 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ksmbd.mountd (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 10358 (ksmbd.mountd) Tasks: 3 (limit: 9444) Memory: 580.0K (peak: 1.5M) CPU: 6ms CGroup: /system.slice/ksmbd.service ├─10358 /usr/sbin/ksmbd.mountd └─10359 /usr/sbin/ksmbd.mountd Jan 30 21:00:38 noble systemd[1]: Starting ksmbd.service - ksmbd userspace daemon... Jan 30 21:00:38 noble ksmbd[10358]: [ksmbd.mountd/10358]: INFO: Wrote `/run/ksmbd.lock' Jan 30 21:00:38 noble ksmbd[10358]: [ksmbd.mountd(manager)/10358]: INFO: Started worker Jan 30 21:00:38 noble ksmbd.mountd[10357]: [ksmbd.mountd/10357]: INFO: Started manager Jan 30 21:00:38 noble ksmbd[10359]: [ksmbd.mountd(worker)/10359]: INFO: No user database Jan 30 21:00:38 noble systemd[1]: Started ksmbd.service - ksmbd userspace daemon. Package tested: $ apt-cache policy ksmbd-tools ksmbd-tools: Installed: 3.5.1-1ubuntu0.1 Candidate: 3.5.1-1ubuntu0.1 Version table: *** 3.5.1-1ubuntu0.1 100 100 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-proposed/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3.5.1-1build2 500 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages ** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-noble ** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-noble -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2072438 Title: [SRU] ksmbd-tools fails to install To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ksmbd-tools/+bug/2072438/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs