[CentOS] Odd failure of smbd to start from init.d - CentOS 5.4

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 12:47:50PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:

> That looks like the stock init file - but it might be a good idea to run 
> 'rpm -V samba' to see if everything is standard.  Running the init 
> script with 'sh -x' might give you a hint about what it is doing - or 
> you'll have to figure out a way to strace the startup with output still 

Curiously "sh -x smb" (evoked in the /etc/init.d dir) starts it just fine
(but with no trace output). So does "sh smb". But "./smb" does not - only
starts nmbd, despite getting an OK out of both.

Figuring how to tie strace to this is beyond my skills.

Whit