[Samba] 4.10.16 - winbindd failing to start - Failed to create directory /var/run for pid files - File exists

[Paul Griffith]

Hi everyone,

     I am in the process of updating to Samba 4.10.16 from source. 
Compiling on CentOS 7.8.2003, systemd with /var/run symlinked to /run.

  Winbind is failing to start with the following error.


open("/usr/share/locale/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT 
(No such file or directory)
geteuid()                               = 0
write(5, "  Failed to create directory /var/run for pid files - File 
exists\n", 66) = 66
sendto(10, "<27>Jun 18 12:36:41 winbindd[397]:   Failed to create 
directory /var/run for pid files - File exists\n", 101, MSG_NOSIGNAL, 
NULL, 0) = 101
close(3)                                = 0
exit_group(1)                           = ?
+++ exited with 1 +++

This seems to be similar to bug id number 13890,  nmbd fails to start 
with "Failed to create directory for pid files, check 'pid directory'"

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13890

Any ideas if this bug will be fixed or should I move along to 4.11.x?  
What is the best way forward, recompile with piddir set to /run?  What 
about the socket directory, should that be /var/run or /run?

Thank you
Paul