thierry@bino:~$ sudo systemctl unmask samba-ad-dc.service Removed /etc/systemd/system/samba-ad-dc.service. thierry@bino:~$ sudo systemctl start samba-ad-dc.service thierry@bino:~$ sudo systemctl status samba-ad-dc.service ● samba-ad-dc.service - Samba AD Daemon Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/samba-ad-dc.service; disabled; vendor preset: en Active: active (running) since Fri 2018-10-26 13:05:48 UTC; 15s ago Docs: man:samba(8) man:samba(7) man:smb.conf(5) Main PID: 3785 (samba) Status: "smbd: ready to serve connections..." Tasks: 22 (limit: 2320) CGroup: /system.slice/samba-ad-dc.service ├─3785 /usr/sbin/samba --foreground --no-process-group ├─3798 /usr/sbin/samba --foreground --no-process-group ├─3800 /usr/sbin/samba --foreground --no-process-group ├─3803 /usr/sbin/samba --foreground --no-process-group ├─3804 /usr/sbin/samba --foreground --no-process-group ├─3805 /usr/sbin/samba --foreground --no-process-group ├─3806 /usr/sbin/smbd -D --option=server role check:inhibit=yes --foreground ├─3808 /usr/sbin/samba --foreground --no-process-group ├─3809 /usr/sbin/samba --foreground --no-process-group ├─3810 /usr/sbin/samba --foreground --no-process-group ├─3811 /usr/sbin/samba --foreground --no-process-group ├─3812 /usr/sbin/samba --foreground --no-process-group ├─3813 /usr/sbin/samba --foreground --no-process-group thierry@bino:~$ sudo systemctl enable samba-ad-dc.service Synchronizing state of samba-ad-dc.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install. Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable samba-ad-dc