Configure your /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb script file to start and stop Samba smbd and nmbd daemons Server automaticaly.
      Create the smb script file, touch /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb and add the following lines:
    
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      #!/bin/sh
      #
      # chkconfig: - 91 35
      # description: Starts and stops the Samba smbd and nmbd daemons \
      #	       used to provide SMB network services.
      # Source function library.
      . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
      # Source networking configuration.
      . /etc/sysconfig/network
      # Check that networking is up.
      [ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0
      # Check that smb.conf exists.
      [ -f /etc/smb.conf ] || exit 0
      RETVAL=0
      # See how we were called.
      case "$1" in
      start)
      echo -n "Starting SMB services: "
      daemon smbd -D 	
      RETVAL=$?
      echo
      echo -n "Starting NMB services: "
      daemon nmbd -D 
      RETVAL2=$?
      echo
      [ $RETVAL -eq 0 -a $RETVAL2 -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/smb || \
      RETVAL=1
      ;;
      stop)
      echo -n "Shutting down SMB services: "
      killproc smbd
      RETVAL=$?
      echo
      echo -n "Shutting down NMB services: "
      killproc nmbd
      RETVAL2=$?
      [ $RETVAL -eq 0 -a $RETVAL2 -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/smb
      echo ""
      ;;
      restart)
      $0 stop
      $0 start
      RETVAL=$?
      ;;
      reload)
      echo -n "Reloading smb.conf file: "
      killproc -HUP smbd
      RETVAL=$?
      echo
      ;;
      status)
      status smbd
      status nmbd
      RETVAL=$?
      ;;
      *)
      echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
      exit 1
      esac
      exit $RETVAL
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      Now, make this script executable and change its default permissions:
      
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        [root@deep ] /# chmod 700 /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb
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      Create the symbolic 
rc.d links for Samba with the command:
      
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        [root@deep ] /# chkconfig --add smb
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      Samba script will not automatically start the smbd and nmbd daemon when you reboot the server. You can change it to do this by default by executing the following command:
      
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        [root@deep ] /# chkconfig --level 345 smb on
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      Start your Samba Server manually with the following command:
      
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        [root@deep ] /# /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start
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        Starting SMB services:                     	[  OK  ]
        Starting NMB services:                   	[  OK  ]
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        Immunize important configuration files, the immutable bit can be used to prevent accidentally deleting or overwriting a file that must be protected. It also prevents someone from creating a symbolic link to this file. Once your smb.conf 
        and lmhosts files have been configured, it's a good idea to immunize them with a  command like:
        
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          [root@deep ] /# chattr +i /etc/smb.conf
          [root@deep ] /# chattr +i /etc/lmhosts
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