After messing around with a bunch of permutations of installing/uninstalling/purging various samba components, and removing/creating various config dirs and files, I notice this set of steps seem to produce *a* error similar to what's reported, although it's not giving exactly the same error output:
$ sudo apt-get install samba $ sudo apt-get remove --purge samba-common-bin $ sudo rm -rf /run/samba $ sudo rm -rf /etc/samba $ sudo apt-get install samba-common-bin Reading package lists... Done ... The following NEW packages will be installed: samba-common-bin ... Setting up samba-common-bin (2:4.13.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2) ... Checking smb.conf with testparm Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf Error loading services. dpkg: error processing package samba-common-bin (--configure): installed samba-common-bin package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.3-2) ... Errors were encountered while processing: samba-common-bin E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) (To get the system back after this, run: sudo apt-get remove --purge *samba*; sudo apt-get install samba) I don't seem to get the errors about the missing /run/samba directory, but wonder if that is due to an unrelated configuration issue? In any case there seems to be a matching debian report here: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=953530 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #953530 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=953530 ** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Also affects: samba (Debian) via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=953530 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1886114 Title: package samba-common-bin 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.3 failed to install/upgrade: installed samba-common-bin package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1886114/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs