On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 08:54:38PM +0200, Olivier Arnaud wrote: > I built a home network storage using a dedicated computer running a Debian > distro with Samba. > Since I don't need it always up, I activated the sleep mode feature on > Debian. > My problem is that this computer is going to sleep mode, even if Samba is > connected. > > Does anybody here have an idea on: > - how I can forbid my computer sleep mode when Samba is connected ?
I guess you could check smbstatus, although then the question is: Does anyone being logged in to a share mean no sleep allowed or should that only be the case if file accesses are actually happening? > - how I can allow it back when it is disconnected? How would it know a client wants to connect later? Really, servers don't sleep. Simple as that. Sleep is for client machines that only care about when a human wants them to respond. -- Len Sorensen -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
