It is indeed confusing, I totally agree. Maybe we should morph this bug into that issue only. Something like "confusing error message when not configured as AD/DC"
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1658273 Title: Failed to preset unit: Unit file /etc/systemd/system/samba-ad- dc.service is masked. Status in samba package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: On a standalone desktop running zesty with a gnome-shell session, when upgrading the samba packages, i get: Setting up samba (2:4.4.5+dfsg-2ubuntu7) ... Failed to preset unit: Unit file /etc/systemd/system/samba-ad-dc.service is masked. /usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper: error: systemctl preset failed on samba-ad-dc.service: No such file or directory note: ubuntu-bug ask questions about a possible windows relationship, but there is no option for a standalone system like that one; so as samba is installed to satisfy qemu, these questions completly ignore such case and send inappropriate report. .... and smbd still crashing on cold boot ( lp:1658293 ) (standalone desktop) note2: a more recent Debian version seems workaround that output: samba (2:4.4.5+dfsg-3) [ Mathieu Parent ] * Remove /etc/systemd/system/samba-ad-dc.service (from postinst) on purge. Closes: #832352 and samba (2:4.4.6+dfsg-1) Only fix PIDFile in {nmbd,samba-ad-dc,smbd,winbind}.service (i.e. not ctdb.service) Closes: #838000. and samba (2:4.4.6+dfsg-2) * Remove uses of tevent internals. This fixes segfault. Closes: #840382, #840298. http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/samba/samba_4.5.2+dfsg-2_changelog ... time to get package synced To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1658273/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp