Description of Problem: I installed samba-common and samba-client RPM packages for Winbind authentication only. After configuring the system-auth file appropriately, I still could not log on until I created /var/log/samba and /var/run/samba directories. I assume that these are only created in the samba-server RPM and should probably be moved to the samba-common RPM. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): samba-common-2.2.5-10 samba-client-2.2.5-10 How Reproducible: Without directories, log and pid files won't create and therefore not start the winbind service. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Modify nsswitch.conf, system-auth and smb.conf to use Winbind. 2. /etc/init.d/winbind start - will not start until directories are created. 3. wbinfo -u - should list domain users Actual Results: /var/log/messages shows 'Couldn not open logfile: /var/log/samba/log.winbindd' wbinfo gives 'Error looking up domain users' Expected Results: No error messages in /var/log/messages wbinfo -u - list domain users Additional Information:
*** Bug 78602 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***