thought that was the purpose of smbcontrol smbd reload-config
no ? Jon 2008/8/29 Andrew Masterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thanks for the info - I've gotten conflicting info from SWAT, Webmin and the > man pages, so I thought I would ask. It appears that there isn't a hard rule > for when to restart vs. wait for autoload so I'll have to play with it a bit > to figure out when and what. > > -=Andrew > > > On Friday 29 August 2008 10:27:10 Andrew Masterson wrote: >> > > If I understand correctly, in order to have the smb.conf file >> >> applied >> >> > > you need to restart smbd. >> > > >> > > Is "service smbd reload" sufficient (which does a "killproc smbd >> >> -HUP")? >> >> > > Will this kill any active connections to samba resources causing >> >> user >> >> > > disruption? Or is this a seamless process that can be carried out >> > > midday? >> > > >> > > I ask because if I need to kill all user connections to production >> > > shares in order to test different share parameters that changes my >> > > approach. >> > >> > If you make changes to the [global] stanza in smb.conf you need to >> >> restart >> >> > Samba's smbd and nmbd daemons. >> >> And winbind as well? The documentation seems to indicate that winbindd >> needs to be started after nmbd and smbd - so does it need to be >> restarted as well, or will it remain active? Are there potential >> conflicts if winbind isn't shut down before restarting the nmbd and smbd >> daemons? > > Yes, winbindd and smbd should be restarted after changing the global stanza of > smb.conf. In reality, this is only necessary when global parameters have > been changed that may impact Samba's behavior. For example, changing > the "log level" parameter does not require restarting of any Samba daemon. > Check the man page for smb.conf to determine if a restart is perhaps > necessary. > >> > Changes to the share stanzas in smb.conf generally do not require a >> > restart of smbd. Smbd monitors the smb.conf file for changes. >> >> Could you elaborate on "generally" and give me an estimate of how long >> it takes for the changes to be reloaded? > > That depends on the OS. On some older systems this can take 20 sec or so, on > all modern systems the change is almost immediately effective. > > - John T. > >> Thanks a bunch for your answers, >> Andrew >> >> > Existing connections will not see the changes made, so clients that >> >> have >> >> > an >> > existing connection should log off and logon again. >> > >> > - John T. > > > > -- > John H Terpstra > > "Don't do as I do; Show me better!" - Anonymous. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
