How to disable Samba on Ubuntu 12.04?
Solution 1:
Type the following command to stop smbd service.
To Stop Samba:
sudo service smbd stop
or
sudo /etc/init.d/smbd stop
To Start Samba:
sudo service smbd start
or
sudo /etc/init.d/smbd start
To remove it from rc.d file use the command
sudo update-rc.d -f smbd remove
To restore it to rc.d use the command
sudo update-rc.d smbd defaults
Solution 2:
Use this command to disable the Samba service:
update-rc.d -f smbd defaults
Or use this for the Upstart service:
echo 'manual' | sudo tee /etc/init/smbd.conf
Or you can install and check for services:
apt-get install rcconf