Error executing action `restart` on resource 'service'

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i am having a problem installing samba on ubuntu. i am using the samba
cookbook:

Vendoring samba (0.11.4) to /vagrant/containers/smbServer/berks-cookbooks/samba

and chef 11.14.6:

==> smbServer: downloading
https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu/13.04/x86_64/chef_11.14.6-1_amd64.deb
==> smbServer: to file /tmp/install.sh.781/chef_11.14.6-1_amd64.deb
==> smbServer: trying wget…
==> smbServer: Comparing checksum with sha256sum…
==> smbServer: Installing Chef 11.14.6

after recipe server.rb installs the samba config file, it restarts samba:

template node[“samba”][“config”] do
source "smb.conf.erb"
owner "root"
group "root"
mode 00644
variables :shares => shares[“shares”]
svcs.each do |s|
notifies :restart, "service[#{s}]"
end
end

however, instead of using upstart, the service resource runs the smbd script in
/etc/init.d:

==> smbServer:

==> smbServer: Error executing action restart on resource ‘service[smbd]’
==> smbServer:

==> smbServer:
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed
==> smbServer: ------------------------------------
==> smbServer: Expected process to exit with [0], but received ‘1’
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: ---- Begin output of /etc/init.d/smbd start ----
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: STDOUT:
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: STDERR:
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: ---- End output of /etc/init.d/smbd start ----
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: Ran /etc/init.d/smbd start returned 1
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: Resource Declaration:
==> smbServer: ---------------------
==> smbServer: # In
/tmp/vagrant-chef-2/chef-solo-1/cookbooks/samba/recipes/server.rb
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: 49: service s do
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: 50: pattern “smbd|nmbd” if node[“platform”] =~ /^arch$/
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: 51: action [:enable, :start]
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: 52: end
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: 53: end
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: Compiled Resource:
==> smbServer: ------------------
==> smbServer: # Declared in
/tmp/vagrant-chef-2/chef-solo-1/cookbooks/samba/recipes/server.rb:49:in `block
in from_file’
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: service(“smbd”) do
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: action [:enable, :start]
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: updated true
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: supports {:restart=>false, :reload=>false, :status=>false}
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: retries 0
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: retry_delay 2
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: guard_interpreter :default
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: service_name “smbd”
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: enabled true
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: running true
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: pattern “smbd”
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: cookbook_name :samba
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: recipe_name “server”
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer: end
==> smbServer:
==> smbServer:

the /etc/init.d/smbd script has a check for ubuntu upstart at the beginning of
the start block:

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case $1 in
start)
if init_is_upstart; then
exit 1
fi

and promptly exits with an error:

/etc/init.d$ . /lib/lsb/init-functions; init_is_upstart; echo $?
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if this is a cookbook error and not an error on my part, it may be a regression
of a previous bug:
https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-3320

i fixed my problem by overriding the samba cookbook provider:

node[“samba”][“services”] is nil here

Chef::Log.info(“smbCookbook/recipes/default.rb-Chef::node[samba][services]:<#{node[‘samba’][‘services’]}>”)
[‘smbd’, ‘nmbd’].each do |s|
begin
r = resources(:service => “#{s}”)
# switch to my cookbook to locate template
r.provider Chef::Provider::Service::Upstart
rescue Chef::Exceptions::ResourceNotFound
Chef::Log.warn "could not find service #{s} to modify"
end
end

i go the idea to do this from a template override gist: