New comment by ahesford on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/27626#issuecomment-754014763 Comment: I don't think the `winbindd` links are the issue, because I see the same thing when I strace my copy and everything works fine here. Questions: 1. Are you using the standard `smbd` and `nmbd` services or did you write your own? My `/run/samba/smbd.pid` contains the correct PID and `smbd` is parented by `runsv` as expected. 2. Is `/var/run` a symlink to `/run` on your system? Samba is configured to use `/run/samba`, but `/var/run` should point to that anyway. I have a few key differences in the `[global]` section of my `smb.conf` file: 1. I do not specify `map to guest`, instead relying on the default `map to guest = Never`. 2. I do not specify `passdb backend`, instead relyong on the default `passdb backend = tdbsam`. The manual page notes that "[s]ome Samba features will not work if [the smbpasswd] backend is used". 3. I have `server min protocol = SMB2`, but I doubt this is responsible for your issue. The value of `--no-process-group` is still not clear to me.