Starting and Stopping Winbind

Starting Winbind

Use the startsmb -winbind or startsmb -w command to start the winbind daemon on the HP CIFS server as follows:

$ startsmb -winbind

or

$ startsmb -w

The startsmb command without specifying any option will start both smbd and nmbd daemons only.

Stopping Winbind

Use the stopsmb -winbind or stopsmb -w command to stop the winbind daemon on the HP CIFS server as follows:

$ stopsmb -winbind

or

$ stopsmb -w

The stopsmb command without specifying any option will stop both smbd and nmbd daemons only.

	NOTE: Use the scripts startwinbind and stopwinbind to start or stop the winbind daemon only. For example, use the following command to start the winbind daemon only: $ startwinbind

Automatically Starting Winbind at System Startup

The RUN_WINBIND parameter can be specified in /etc/rc.config.d/samba to control whether the winbind daemon, winbindd, will start at system startup.

To configure winbind to start automatically at system startup, set RUN_WINBIND to 1.