Seem this is due to a bug.
How to fix.
run this command
rm /etc/dhcp3
I came accross this ina similar situation. When installing samba-common: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/samba-common_2%3a3.6.3-2ubuntu2.3_all.deb (--unpack): unable to open '/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/samba.dpkg-new': No such file or directory In my case /etc/dhcp3 was a link to /etc/dhcp, because it was needed for Vmware customisations scripts: http://javierin.com/2012/09/05/template-customization-para-debian-squeeze-en-vsphere-5-0u1/ The samba package just cannot handle that at all though. Removing the link, allows samba to install: rm /etc/dhcp3 (or copying the directory as noted above). Howver this is not nice at all, having two directories for dhcp and one or the other might be read depending on circumstances. So to me this is bug in the samba packaging. ==> Could this issue be re-opend please and the samba packaing examined? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to samba in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/993660 Title: package samba-common 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.4 failed to install/upgrade: unable to open '/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter- hooks.d/samba.dpkg-new': Too many levels of symbolic links Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: When I tried "apt-get install -f" from a command line, I got this: Reading package lists... Done
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