Samba didn't get updated correctly

hansalfredche · 02-21-2007, 10:16 AM

Hi

Some time ago some security update for Samba was released (I'm using Ubuntu-server 6.10). Apt-get complained about some postinstallation configuration that failed. Now, everytime there is an update, it tries to update Samba too, always with the same error. This does not seem to affect the application itself, as it is still working (server is rebooted frequently). The Webmin interface was/is used.

Is there some way of getting the Samba package out of the "queue" so apt-get just ignores it?

Thanks

PS: Will post which version of Samba I have this evening.

hansalfredche · 02-21-2007, 11:35 AM

Error message is:

Quote:

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up samba (3.0.22-1ubuntu4.1) ...
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
debconf: (TERM is not set, so the dialog frontend is not usable.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline
debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype
Couldn't reopen stdin(/dev/tty): No such device or address at /usr/sbin/update-inetd line 29.
dpkg: error processing samba (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 6
Errors were encountered while processing:
samba
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

.. upgrade failed!

Package samba was installed successfully

Installed version: 3.0.22-1ubuntu4.1

Quote:

smbd -V
Version 3.0.22

ctkroeker · 02-22-2007, 07:46 PM

Try commenting out all the lines in /etc/apt/sources.list

Code:

sudo apt-get update

uncomment the lines

Code:

sudo apt-get update

Code:

sudo apt-get upgrade

Hope that works

hansalfredche · 02-24-2007, 06:06 AM

Thanks, that seems to work.

ctkroeker · 02-24-2007, 07:39 PM

It's happend to me before and doing thzat usually helped.