There is a script in /etc/init.d/winbind I tried editing it but still no luck. I check /etc/init.d/smbd but there is no mentioning about winbind. On 18 March 2011 15:02, Alex Crow <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 18/03/11 10:47, Go Wow wrote: >> >> Just to kill my curiosity and resolve the issue I added proxy and root >> user to winbindd_priv group as well. But still damn winbind wont >> start. >> >> >> Regards > > Check /etc/init.d/winbind (or /etc/init.d/samba if you don't have separate > scripts for winbind) to make sure it does not set permissions on the > directory. > > Some distributions seem to do this, I think it might even be in upstream > Samba. Just comment it out if it's doing it - it seems a stupid think to put > in an init script to me. > > Cheers > > Alex > >