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<title>Starting Samba for Red Hat Linux</title>
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- <para>
- 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 <command>winbindd</command> is present
- on the system:
-<screen>
-&rootprompt; ls /usr/sbin/winbindd
-/usr/sbin/winbindd
-</screen>
- This means that the appropriate RPM package was installed. The following response means
- that it is not installed:
-<screen>
-/bin/ls: /usr/sbin/winbind: No such file or directory
-</screen>
- In this case, it should be installed if you intend to use <command>winbindd</command>. Search
- the CDROM installation media for the samba-winbind RPM and install it following Red Hat
- guidelines.
- </para>
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<para>
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: