samba - Jul 2003 - Add directory share without killing samba?

Is there a way that I can dynamically add a share point to the smb.conf file
and not be forced to kill the smbd daemon and restart in order for it to be
visible? Or is this such a simple thing I'm blind and can't see it in
any
FAQ I read? :-)

Thanks!

Ryan

You don't have to restart smbd if you make a change to smb.conf



"Hulslander, Ryan" wrote:
> Is there a way that I can dynamically add a share point to the smb.conf
file
> and not be forced to kill the smbd daemon and restart in order for it to be
> visible? Or is this such a simple thing I'm blind and can't see it
in any
> FAQ I read? :-)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ryan
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Apparently I was blind. The man page for smbd indicated that the smb.conf
file is reloaded every minute to pickup changes, and a SIGHUP sent to the
process will force it reload immediately. Sorry for my confusion. I kept
thinking I had to stop the process to get it to reload the conf file.

Thanks!

Ryan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hulslander, Ryan [mailto:Ryan.Hulslander@ps.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 1:43 PM
> To: samba@lists.samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] Add directory share without killing samba?
> 
> 
> Is there a way that I can dynamically add a share point to 
> the smb.conf file and not be forced to kill the smbd daemon 
> and restart in order for it to be visible? Or is this such a 
> simple thing I'm blind and can't see it in any FAQ I read? :-)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Ryan
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> Is there a way that I can dynamically add a share point to the 
> smb.conf file and not be forced to kill the smbd daemon and restart 
> in order for it to be visible? Or is this such a simple thing I'm 
> blind and can't see it in any FAQ I read? :-)
You're not googling far enough.

I believe smbd re-reads smb.conf from time to time, but if you're in
a hurry, a "kill -HUP <smbd-PID>" over all smbd processes
won't be a
massacre - it'll just prompt them to re-read smb.conf immediately.

You're quite right... I found it mentioned after I had asked the question. I
swear I looked for it before but it was eluding me something fierce. I've
been adding "favorites" now to by browser list like a fiend and
it's helping
:-)

Now - if I can only get a real grip on permissions I'll be set. :-)

Thanks to All!

Ryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Dragan Krnic
To: Ryan.Hulslander@ps.net
Cc: samba@lists.samba.org
Sent: 7/31/2003 7:03 AM
Subject: Re:Add directory share without killing samba?
> Is there a way that I can dynamically add a share point to the 
> smb.conf file and not be forced to kill the smbd daemon and restart 
> in order for it to be visible? Or is this such a simple thing I'm 
> blind and can't see it in any FAQ I read? :-)
You're not googling far enough.

I believe smbd re-reads smb.conf from time to time, but if you're in
a hurry, a "kill -HUP <smbd-PID>" over all smbd processes
won't be a
massacre - it'll just prompt them to re-read smb.conf immediately.