Problem with Samba: winbindd running, but wbinfo -p could not ping winbindd

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#1

Dear all,

I am running openSuSe 12.3 with gnome and I have a problem with Samba: The winbind-daemon starts from boot, but I can not ping it using wbinfo -p:

XXX-31:/etc/init.d # wbinfo -p
Ping to winbindd failed
could not ping winbindd!

After a manual restart of the daemon I get the same error message:

XXX-31:/etc/init.d # ./winbind restart
redirecting to systemctl
redirecting to systemctl
Shutting down Samba WINBIND daemon done
redirecting to systemctl
Starting Samba WINBIND daemon

XXX-31:/etc/init.d # wbinfo -p
Ping to winbindd failed
could not ping winbindd!

When I call the daemon directly via

XXX-31:/etc/init.d # winbindd

in /var/log/messages I get the message that the daemon is already running:

Sep 19 11:06:52 XXX-31 winbindd[2480]: [2013/09/19 11:06:52.394692, 0] lib/pidfile.c:110(pidfile_create)
Sep 19 11:06:52 XXX-31 winbindd[2480]: ERROR: winbindd is already running. File /var/run/samba/winbindd.pid exists and process id 2472 is running.

I do not see where this problem might come from, neither do I have an idea how to solve it. Any suggestions anyone?

Thanks and regards
Florian

#2

You only need winbind if you are running a Windows domain, else it is NOT required for a local Windows Workgroup. I have a bash script that provides all of the services you could need when using a Windows Workgroup Setup.

S.A.C.T. - Samba Automated Configuration Tool - Version 1.06 - Blogs - openSUSE Forums

Please read through the blog and get the bash script. It will save you lots and lots of time if you want to.

Thank You,