Red Hat Linux has not always included all Samba components in the standard installation. So versions of Red Hat Linux do not install the winbind utility, even though it is present on the installation CDROM media. Check to see if the winbindd is present on the system:

root#  ls /usr/sbin/winbindd
/usr/sbin/winbindd

This means that the appropriate RPM package was installed. The following response means that it is not installed:

/bin/ls: /usr/sbin/winbind: No such file or directory

In this case, it should be installed if you intend to use winbindd . Search the CDROM installation media for the samba-winbind RPM and install it following Red Hat guidelines.

The process for starting Samba will now be outlined. Be sure to configure Samba's smb.conf file before starting Samba. When configured, start Samba by executing:

root#  service smb start
root#  service winbind start

These steps will start nmbd, smbd and winbindd.

To ensure that these services will be automatically restarted when the system is rebooted execute:

root#  chkconfig smb on
root#  chkconfig winbind on

Samba will be started automatically at every system reboot.