Further information. Noticing that there had been a new samba release which hasn't fixed this problem, I tried:
apt-get install --reinstall samba-common smbclient samba-common-bin The following output was received, the last line I suspect giving a clue: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 3 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. E: Internal Error, No file name for samba-common:amd64 -- Tony Green Ipswich, Suffolk, England web-brewer.co.uk/ beermad.org.uk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org