Please find attached the patch I just submitted an Ubuntu bug that covers the same issue [1].
Note that libpam-smbpass also needs /var/lib/samba to be created, or else it will fail rather badly (blocking all logins by segfaulting). Hope this helps. [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/260687 -- Thierry Carrez Ubuntu server team || Canonical Ltd.
diff -u samba-3.2.3/debian/samba-common.dirs samba-3.2.3/debian/samba-common.dirs --- samba-3.2.3/debian/samba-common.dirs +++ samba-3.2.3/debian/samba-common.dirs @@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d var/cache/samba +var/lib/samba var/log/samba var/run/samba diff -u samba-3.2.3/debian/samba.postrm samba-3.2.3/debian/samba.postrm --- samba-3.2.3/debian/samba.postrm +++ samba-3.2.3/debian/samba.postrm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ if [ "$1" = purge ]; then rm -rf /var/cache/samba/browse.dat - rm -rf /var/lib/samba/ + rm -rf /var/lib/samba/printers/ rm -rf /var/log/samba/log.nmbd* /var/log/samba/log.smbd* /var/log/samba/cores/ rm -rf /var/run/samba/nmbd.pid /var/run/samba/smbd.pid /var/run/samba/*.tdb
