I tried the above commands and got: u...@marty-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install samba Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic linux-headers-2.6.24-19 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. Suggested packages: openbsd-inetd inet-superserver smbldap-tools The following NEW packages will be installed: samba 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 28 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/3840kB of archives. After this operation, 9429kB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 116943 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking samba (from .../samba_3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.7_i386.deb) ... dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/samba_3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.7_i386.deb (--unpack): short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/bin/smbcontrol') Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/samba_3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.7_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I'm a newby to Linux. Now even my Add/Remove program won't work. Says failed to check for installed programs. Not sure if it's related. But all this went down after I attempted to install Samba.
-- package samba 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.7 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326936 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
