winbind dead

Hi All, winbind was working fine and now all of a suden when i start it i get: Starting Samba WINBIND daemon - Warning: /var/run/samba/winbindd.pid exists. when i check the status i get: it says winbind is dead. Why did this happen now all of a sudden and how do i fix it? Thanks Regards ______________________________________________________________ http://www.webmail.co.za the South African FREE email service