Yimin Chen
2004-Sep-21 01:01 UTC
[Samba] Question on Load Balancing between password server
Hi, I saw the following documentation regarding how to specify multiple domain controllers for Samba member server to authenticate a user: ------------------------------------------------------------- ?password server = DOMPDC DOMBDC1 DOMBDC2 These are the primary and backup domain controllers Samba will attempt to contact in order to authenticate users. Samba will try to contact each of these servers in order, so you may want to rearrange this list in order to spread out the authentication load among domain controllers.? ------------------------------------------------------------- How can we rearrange the list while Samba server is already running? I suppose there must be a way to Samba server to pick up the changes without being restarted? Your suggestion is appreciated! Thanks! Yimin
John H Terpstra
2004-Sep-21 01:48 UTC
[Samba] Question on Load Balancing between password server
On Monday 20 September 2004 18:54, Yimin Chen wrote:> Hi, > > I saw the following documentation regarding how to specify multiple > domain controllers for Samba member server to authenticate a user: > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > ?password server = DOMPDC DOMBDC1 DOMBDC2 > > These are the primary and backup domain controllers Samba will attempt > to contact in order to authenticate users. Samba will try to contact > each of these servers in order, so you may want to rearrange this list > in order to spread out the authentication load among domain > controllers.? > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > How can we rearrange the list while Samba server is already running? I > suppose there must be a way to Samba server to pick up the changes > without being restarted? > > Your suggestion is appreciated!-- John H Terpstra Samba-Team Member Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668 Author: The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: 0131453556 Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216 Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971 OpenLDAP by Example, ISBN: 0131488732 Other books in production.
John H Terpstra
2004-Sep-21 01:49 UTC
[Samba] Question on Load Balancing between password server
On Monday 20 September 2004 18:54, Yimin Chen wrote:> Hi, > > I saw the following documentation regarding how to specify multiple > domain controllers for Samba member server to authenticate a user: > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > ?password server = DOMPDC DOMBDC1 DOMBDC2 > > These are the primary and backup domain controllers Samba will attempt > to contact in order to authenticate users. Samba will try to contact > each of these servers in order, so you may want to rearrange this list > in order to spread out the authentication load among domain > controllers.? > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > How can we rearrange the list while Samba server is already running? I > suppose there must be a way to Samba server to pick up the changes > without being restarted? > > Your suggestion is appreciated!smbd re-reads the smb.conf file when the time/date signature has changed. In other words, it is automatically re-read after a change is made. - John T. -- John H Terpstra Samba-Team Member Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668 Author: The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: 0131453556 Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216 Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971 OpenLDAP by Example, ISBN: 0131488732 Other books in production.