On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Whit Blauvelt <whit at transpect.com> wrote: >> Maybe try "rpm -V samba" to verify all the samba files. You get any >> output then you have problems. > > I take it this output: > > # rpm -V samba > S.5....T c /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb > S.5....T c /etc/samba/smbusers > .......T c /etc/sysconfig/samba --- I'm not sure but I really think you have the wrong permissions on the files ""S"" Correct them then try the service command and not by init.d. If that want work gice the whole smb.conf and samba version. John