class samba::server::service ($ensure = running, $enable = true) { case $::osfamily { Redhat: { $service_name = 'smb' } #On Debian family: Debian 7 => samba , Ubuntu => smbd #Others, I don't know, hope 'samba' will works Debian: { case $::operatingsystem{ Debian: { $service_name = 'samba' } Ubuntu: { $service_name = 'smbd'} default: { $service_name='samba'} } } Gentoo: { $service_name = 'samba' } # Currently Gentoo has $::osfamily = "Linux". This should change in # Factor 1.7.0 , so # adding workaround. Linux: { case $::operatingsystem { Gentoo: { $service_name = 'samba' } default: { fail("$::operatingsystem is not supported by this module.") } } } default: { fail("$::osfamily is not supported by this module.") } } service { "$service_name" : ensure => $ensure, hasstatus => true, hasrestart => true, enable => $enable, require => Class['samba::server::config'] } }