If you want to run this samba port: 1. Copy /usr/local/etc/smb.conf.default to /usr/local/etc/smb.conf, and edit it. 2. Put string 'samba_enable="YES"' into your /etc/rc.conf. 3. Type '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/samba.sh start' or reboot. This port doesn't create 'smbpasswd' file automatically anymore. Users are encouraged to use 'tdbsam' backend instead: [global] passdb backend = tdbsam, smbpasswd You can use pdbedit to migrate accounts from 'smbpasswd' to 'tdbsam', see the Samba3-HOWTO-Collection. You still can create 'smbpasswd' file with the supplied 'make_smbpasswd' script: cat /etc/passwd | grep -v "^#" | make_smbpasswd > smbpasswd chmod 600 smbpasswd But the usage of it is deprecated. See document files in /usr/local/share/doc/samba and example config files in /usr/local/share/examples/samba for details. This port doesn't come anymore with the IDEALX Samba LDAP management tools. They are a separate port now, net/smbldap-tools. Please, install it, if you are going to use Samba LDAP back end. Japanese users, please, take a look onto japanese/samba3 port instead - it comes with additional multibyte characters support. FreeBSD Samba3 port maintainer: Timur Bakeyev