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Here we go (9 months self isolating does strange things to you) ....

/etc/samba after a clean install of 5.4.003, 68 packages installed with samba or smb in the name (samba not yet installed) ....

root@et10000:~# ls -lR /etc/samba
/etc/samba:
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root           528 Nov 11 12:24 distro
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            20 Oct  8 05:12 lmhosts
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root           376 Dec 29 15:12 private
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           744 Oct  8 05:12 smb-user.conf
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            95 Oct  8 05:12 smb.conf

/etc/samba/distro:
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            61 Oct  8 05:12 smb-branding.conf
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          1457 Oct  8 05:12 smb-global.conf
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           586 Oct  8 05:12 smb-shares.conf
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            13 Nov 11 12:24 smb-vmc.conf -> smb-vmc.samba
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            29 Oct  8 05:12 smb-vmc.samba

/etc/samba/private:
-rw-------    1 root     root        430080 Dec 29 15:12 secrets.tdb
-rw-------    1 root     root           204 Dec 29 15:13 smbpasswd
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            80 Oct  8 05:12 users.maps

After installing samba, 81 packages now installed (the same as a "working" samba), but /etc/samba has not changed and in particular, nmbd isn't running.

This is what "works" (quite different to the above) and is the same on an et10k and ultimo4k....

root@et10000:/tmp/etc# ls -lR samba
samba:
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root           180 Dec 29 14:38 distro
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            20 Jan 27  2018 lmhosts
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root           120 Dec 29 14:38 private
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           744 Jan 27  2018 smb-user.conf
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            95 Jan 27  2018 smb.conf

samba/distro:
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           168 Jan 27  2018 smb-branding.conf
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          1189 Jan 27  2018 smb-global.conf
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           253 Jan 27  2018 smb-insecure.conf    (additional file)
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           615 Jan 27  2018 smb-secure.conf      (additional file)
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           586 Jan 27  2018 smb-shares.conf
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            13 Dec 29 14:38 smb-vmc.conf -> smb-vmc.samba
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            29 Jan 27  2018 smb-vmc.samba

samba/private:
-rw-------    1 root     root        430080 Mar 20  2018 secrets.tdb
-rw-------    1 root     root           204 Oct 13 09:40 smbpasswd
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            28 Oct 26  2019 users-insecure.map
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            80 Jan 27  2018 users.map

Something updated the above many years(2018?) ago but what is anybody's guess.