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I am trying to start the nmb service. It leaves this in the log file and exists:

[2013/05/08 14:06:23,  0] ../source3/nmbd/nmbd.c:883(main)
  nmbd version 4.0.0rc4 started.
  Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2012
[2013/05/08 14:06:23,  0] ../source3/nmbd/nmbd.c:922(main)
  standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option
[2013/05/08 14:06:23,  0] ../source3/lib/util_sock.c:1253(create_pipe_sock)
  error creating socket directory /var/run/samba/nmbd: Permission denied
[2013/05/08 14:06:23,  0] ../source3/nmbd/nmbd_packets.c:48(nmbd_init_packet_server)
  ERROR: nb_packet_server_create failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED

Here is folder:

# ls -ldZ /var/run/samba/
drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:smbd_var_run_t:s0 /var/run/samba/

This is odd:

# service nmb status
nmbd dead but pid file exists
# ls /var/run/samba/nmbd.pid
ls: cannot access /var/run/samba/nmbd.pid: No such file or directory

Any ideas?

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it is selinux bug , disable selinux for nmbd :

chcon -t unconfined_exec_t /usr/sbin/nmbd

or add rule for socket

semanage fcontext -a -t nmbd_var_run_t /var/run/samba/nmbd/unexpected
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    You may be able to improve this answer by adding the exact permission that needs to be granted to make SELinux work without sacrificing security.
    – Ladadadada
    Oct 14, 2013 at 13:27

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