Hi, For the developers / technically-minded, I should definitely note:
The problem was pretty clearly related to the file /usr/bin/nmblookup.samba3 not being present. Indeed, after installing samba-common-bin with aptitude / apt-get (which always failed, as aforementioned), running "dpkg -L samba-common-bin" only showed 4 lines: /. /usr /usr/bin /usr/bin/net.samba3 Having installed samba-common-bin using dpkg (as aforementioned), "dpkg -L samba-common-bin" now shows 27 lines: /. /usr /usr/bin /usr/bin/net.samba3 /usr/bin/nmblookup.samba3 /usr/bin/smbpasswd /usr/bin/testparm.samba3 /usr/share /usr/share/man /usr/share/man/man1 /usr/share/man/man1/testparm.samba3.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/nmblookup.samba3.1.gz /usr/share/man/man5 /usr/share/man/man5/smbpasswd.5.gz /usr/share/man/man5/lmhosts.5.gz /usr/share/man/man5/smb.conf.5.gz /usr/share/man/man7 /usr/share/man/man7/samba.7.gz /usr/share/man/man8 /usr/share/man/man8/net.samba3.8.gz /usr/share/man/man8/smbpasswd.8.gz /usr/share/doc /usr/share/doc/samba-common-bin /usr/share/doc/samba-common-bin/copyright /usr/share/doc/samba-common-bin/NEWS.Debian.gz /usr/share/doc/samba-common-bin/README.build.gz /usr/share/doc/samba-common-bin/changelog.Debian.gz I can say for certain that, with a failed apt-get / aptitude install attempt, the file /usr/bin/net.samba3 *was* present and /usr/bin/nmblookup.samba3 was *not* present. I cannot speak definitively about any other files, but my sense was that *only* net.samba3 was installed, somehow nmblookup.samba3 failed to install (w/o error, however), and then the next step in the install process was to update alternatives for nmblookup, which naturally failed because nmblookup.samba3 was indeed not present, at which point the entire install stopped and nothing else was installed. HTH, Doug -- package samba-common-bin 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550022 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
