Thanks for filing this bug in Ubuntu.
Unfortunately the logs do not say why the service failed to start:
invoke-rc.d: initscript smbd, action "start" failed.
[0;1;31m●[0m smbd.service - LSB: start Samba SMB/CIFS daemon (smbd)
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/smbd; bad; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: [0;1;31mfailed[0m (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2018-10-24
09:18:45 CDT; 5ms ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 30719 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/smbd start [0;1;31m(code=exited,
status=1/FAILURE)[0m
Oct 24 09:18:44 benf systemd[1]: Starting LSB: start Samba SMB/CIFS daemon .....
Oct 24 09:18:44 benf smbd[30719]: * Starting SMB/CIFS daemon smbd
Oct 24 09:18:45 benf smbd[30719]: ...fail!
Oct 24 09:18:45 benf systemd[1]: [0;1;39msmbd.service: Control process exited,
code...=1[0m
Oct 24 09:18:45 benf systemd[1]: [0;1;31mFailed to start LSB: start Samba
SMB/CIFS ...).[0m
Oct 24 09:18:45 benf systemd[1]: [0;1;39msmbd.service: Unit entered failed
state.[0m
Oct 24 09:18:45 benf systemd[1]: [0;1;39msmbd.service: Failed with result
'exit-code'.[0m
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
Could you please attach the log files from /var/log/samba/log* and your
config file /etc/samba/smb.conf?
Thanks
** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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package samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.17 failed to
install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script
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