IPA service is not starting due to samba: Unit smb.service is masked

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • samba is not starting.
[root@rakkumar slapd-example]# systemctl status smb
● smb.service
   Loaded: masked (Reason: Unit smb.service is masked.)
   Active: inactive (dead)
[root@elexpipa02 slapd-example-COM]#

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • IPA

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