samba - Sep 2002 - updating smb.conf during Samba is working

Hi

I have the following problem.
I like to make changes in the smb.conf during the samba server is still
working.
And it should take affect this updates without restarting the server.
Sometimes it works, sometimes after long waiting, sometimes it does not
take affect.

Is there some options to set, or do you know another solution ?

Thank you

Greetings

Markus R?lle

Hi,

as far as i know, there's no other solution than
restarting the server.

Can't believe changing smb.conf has any effect on
already running servers, maybe on new child-processes ...

If it's critical, you have to do the changes, when there's no
user/client connected ..

Greets Harry 
> Hi
> 
> I have the following problem.
> I like to make changes in the smb.conf during the samba server is still
> 
> working.
> And it should take affect this updates without restarting the server.
> Sometimes it works, sometimes after long waiting, sometimes it does not
> 
> take affect.
> 
> Is there some options to set, or do you know another solution ?
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Greetings
> 
> Markus R?lle
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On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> Hitting any smbd with a -HUP should force a reload of the config file,
> and reopen the logfiles etc.
> 
> (ie killall -HUP smbd should work fine)
> 
> Andrew Bartlett
Does that do anything bad to current connections with open files?

- john