Noobie question: i cant start samba service it says that is failed to start samba ad daemon

[opi3636]

testparm is ok. when i run systemctl status samba.service i get this

Oct 11 10:55:53 opi3636-80td samba[2886]: [2023/10/11 10:55:53.593929,  0] ../../source4/samba/server.c:863(binary_smbd_main)
Oct 11 10:55:53 opi3636-80td samba[2886]:   At this time the 'samba' binary should only be used for either:
Oct 11 10:55:53 opi3636-80td samba[2886]:   'server role = active directory domain controller' or the rpc proxy with 'dcerpc endpoint servers = remote'
Oct 11 10:55:53 opi3636-80td samba[2886]:   You should start smbd/nmbd/winbindd instead for domain member and standalone file server tasks
Oct 11 10:55:53 opi3636-80td samba[2886]: [2023/10/11 10:55:53.594086,  0] ../../lib/util/become_daemon.c:119(exit_daemon)
Oct 11 10:55:53 opi3636-80td samba[2886]:   exit_daemon: daemon failed to start: Samba detected misconfigured 'server role' and exited. Check logs for details, error code 22
Oct 11 10:55:53 opi3636-80td systemd[1]: samba.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Oct 11 10:55:53 opi3636-80td systemd[1]: samba.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Oct 11 10:55:53 opi3636-80td systemd[1]: Failed to start Samba AD Daemon.

[Mirdarthos]

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Had you searched, you’d have found this as first result:

Samba AD Daemon fail to start

Is your machine part of an Active Directory domain? If not, Do you just want to get rid of this warning? if yes: sudo systemctl disable samba.service

Note specifically the first and second replies:

@Fabby

Is your machine part of an Active Directory domain?

If not, Do you just want to get rid of this warning?

if yes:

sudo systemctl disable samba.service

and

@freggel.doe

The samba daemon on your machine doesn’t have anything to do with mounting/looking at samba shares from another machine.
The daemon is used to provide services from your machine to others.

Hope this helps!