[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#820989: samba: What I did to get past this

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Package: samba
Version: 2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2
Followup-For: Bug #820989

Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
   * What was the outcome of this action?
   * What outcome did you expect instead?

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.4
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.4.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages samba depends on:
ii  adduser                              3.113+nmu3
ii  dpkg                                 1.17.26
ii  libbsd0                              0.7.0-2
ii  libc6                                2.19-18+deb8u4
ii  libhdb9-heimdal [heimdal-hdb-api-8]  1.6~rc2+dfsg-9
ii  libldb1                              2:1.1.20-0+deb8u1
ii  libpam-modules                       1.1.8-3.1+deb8u1+b1
ii  libpam-runtime                       1.1.8-3.1+deb8u1
ii  libpopt0                             1.16-10
ii  libpython2.7                         2.7.9-2
ii  libtalloc2                           2.1.2-0+deb8u1
ii  libtdb1                              1.3.6-0+deb8u1
ii  libtevent0                           0.9.25-0+deb8u1
ii  lsb-base                             4.1+Debian13+nmu1
ii  multiarch-support                    2.19-18+deb8u4
ii  procps                               2:3.3.9-9
ii  python                               2.7.9-1
ii  python-dnspython                     1.12.0-1
ii  python-ntdb                          1.0-5
ii  python-samba                         2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2
pn  python2.7:any                        <none>
ii  samba-common                         2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2
ii  samba-common-bin                     2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2
ii  samba-dsdb-modules                   2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2
ii  samba-libs                           2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2
ii  tdb-tools                            1.3.6-0+deb8u1
ii  update-inetd                         4.43

Versions of packages samba recommends:
ii  attr               1:2.4.47-2
ii  logrotate          3.8.7-1+b1
ii  samba-vfs-modules  2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2

Versions of packages samba suggests:
ii  bind9          1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u6
ii  bind9utils     1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u6
pn  ctdb           <none>
ii  ldb-tools      2:1.1.20-0+deb8u1
ii  ntp            1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-7+deb8u1
ii  smbldap-tools  0.9.9-1
pn  winbind        <none>

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Like the other(s), a purge and reinstall didn't allow the service to set up properly. What I did was back up my /etc/samba directory, then copy /etc/samba/smb.conf.ucf-dist to /etc/samba/smb.conf, and then copy my customizations to the file from my original smb.conf, including my share definitions, etc.  I have no idea if this is safe or sane, but it allowed samba to set up and run.