Public bug reported: Samba has been running properly in all previous version of Xubuntu up through 17.10 with server role = standalone.
After the 18.04 upgrade, all samba services fail to start as noted below. numerous changes were made, including advice from the net to add "client max protocol = NT1" to smb.conf, all with no success. A last-ditch attempt to reinstall the samba 2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2 from synaptic fails with the pop-up error message: E: samba: installed samba package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 The log output is attached. An attempt to start the samba service: # service samba-ad-dc start Job for samba-ad-dc.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status samba-ad-dc.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. # systemctl status samba-ad-dc.service ● samba-ad-dc.service Loaded: masked (/dev/null; bad) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2018-06-12 15:34:02 PDT; 17min ago Main PID: 27780 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Status: "daemon failed to start: Samba detected misconfigured 'server role' and exited. Check logs for details" Jun 12 15:34:02 dymaxion.cjsa2.com systemd[1]: Starting Samba AD Daemon... Jun 12 15:34:02 dymaxion.cjsa2.com samba[27780]: handle_name_resolve_order: WARNING: Ignoring invalid list value ' Jun 12 15:34:02 dymaxion.cjsa2.com systemd[1]: samba-ad-dc.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAI Jun 12 15:34:02 dymaxion.cjsa2.com systemd[1]: samba-ad-dc.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Jun 12 15:34:02 dymaxion.cjsa2.com systemd[1]: Failed to start Samba AD Daemon. # A second (and subsequent) attempt to start samba: # service samba-ad-dc start Failed to start samba-ad-dc.service: Unit samba-ad-dc.service is masked. I tried a number of options to unmask and start the samba services with no success. Many people seem to be having great difficulty with samba now, but I located no clear instructions for addressing the problem which seems might be related to the active directory component. I would expect an upgrade to a properly configured system to continue to run. I'm guessing that there is a fundamental configuration problem here, but possibly a deeper level bug. I will also attach the smb.conf. file to this report. Guidance is appreciated. ** Affects: samba (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: 18.04 samba xubuntu ** Attachment added: "Samba package installation log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1776576/+attachment/5151906/+files/samba -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1776576 Title: Ubuntu 18.04 uograde: samba fails to run To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1776576/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs