Why does the samba service fail to start with the error message 'smb: unrecognized service' ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When trying to start the samba service you receive the error 'smb: unrecognized service'
[root@example.com ~]# service smb start
smb: unrecognized service
[root@example.com ~]#

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • samba

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