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Whoah, don’t know what happened but the start/stop script for samba in /etc/init.d was suddenly gone. Don’t know if this happened during the upgrade to Natty Narwhal (11.04) but here’s a fix:

Simply put back the script from a different computer and copy to /etc/init.d/samba:

(don’t forget to chmod +x it).


#!/bin/sh
#
# Start/stops the Samba daemons (nmbd and smbd).
#
#
# Defaults
RUN_MODE="daemons"
# Reads config file (will override defaults above)
[ -r /etc/default/samba ] && . /etc/default/samba
NMBDPID=/var/run/samba/nmbd.pid
SMBDPID=/var/run/samba/smbd.pid
# clear conflicting settings from the environment
unset TMPDIR
# See if the daemons are there
test -x /usr/sbin/nmbd -a -x /usr/sbin/smbd || exit 0
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
case "$1" in
start)
log_begin_msg "Starting Samba daemons.."
if ! start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/nmbd -- -D; then
log_end_msg 1
exit 1
fi
if [ "$RUN_MODE" != "inetd" ]; then
if ! start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/smbd -- -D; then
log_end_msg 1
exit 1
fi
fi
log_end_msg 0
;;
stop)
log_begin_msg "Stopping Samba daemons..."
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $NMBDPID
# Wait a little and remove stale PID file
sleep 1
if [ -f $NMBDPID ] && ! ps h `cat $NMBDPID` > /dev/null
then
# Stale PID file (nmbd was succesfully stopped),
# remove it (should be removed by nmbd itself IMHO.)
rm -f $NMBDPID
fi
if [ "$RUN_MODE" != "inetd" ]; then
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $SMBDPID
# Wait a little and remove stale PID file
sleep 1
if [ -f $SMBDPID ] && ! ps h `cat $SMBDPID` > /dev/null
then
# Stale PID file (nmbd was succesfully stopped),
# remove it (should be removed by smbd itself IMHO.)
rm -f $SMBDPID
fi
fi
log_end_msg 0
;;
reload)
log_begin_msg "Reloading /etc/samba/smb.conf (smbd only)..."
start-stop-daemon --stop --signal HUP --pidfile $SMBDPID
log_end_msg 0
;;
restart|force-reload)
$0 stop
sleep 1
$0 start
;;
*)
log_success_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/samba {start|stop|reload|restart|force-reload}"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0


References:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=27304