samba - Aug 2009 - re reading config

Hi I am using freebsd 6.2-RELEASE with Samba version 3.0.24 out of 
interest does it read the config periodically on its own with out 
restarting it ?


Cheers

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Terry wrote:
> Hi I am using freebsd 6.2-RELEASE with Samba version 3.0.24 out of
> interest does it read the config periodically on its own with out
> restarting it ?
Pretty sure it does, but I never wait.

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Ryan Novosielski wrote:
> Terry wrote:
>> Hi I am using freebsd 6.2-RELEASE with Samba version 3.0.24 out of
>> interest does it read the config periodically on its own with out
>> restarting it ?
> 
> Pretty sure it does, but I never wait.
I was troubleshooting some issues today and reading the "HowTo" book. 
In one location it warned about editing the .conf file on a running 
system, since it DOES re-read it on each new connection or at approx 60 
second intervals.  Then in another chapter made an apparently 
conflicting statement about "remember to restart after the changes." 
 From what I saw today on 3.3.x it did reconfig itself on the fly.

-RW

On 08/07/2009 07:05 PM, smb23wc at gmail.com wrote:
> Ryan Novosielski wrote:
>> Terry wrote:
>>> Hi I am using freebsd 6.2-RELEASE with Samba version 3.0.24 out of
>>> interest does it read the config periodically on its own with out
>>> restarting it ?
>>
>> Pretty sure it does, but I never wait.
> 
> I was troubleshooting some issues today and reading the "HowTo"
book. In
> one location it warned about editing the .conf file on a running system,
> since it DOES re-read it on each new connection or at approx 60 second
> intervals.  Then in another chapter made an apparently conflicting
> statement about "remember to restart after the changes." From
what I saw
> today on 3.3.x it did reconfig itself on the fly.
> 
> -RW
Ryan,

It may seem conflicting on the surface.  Really, if you make changes to
the smb.conf file that affects the way Samba works then smbd, nmbd,
and/or winbind must be restarted.

Consider for example, a change of:
	security = user
to
	security = ads

In the above case, the operating mode must be reset, and that happens
only on restarting the Samba daemons.

On the other hand, consider what happens when changing share stanza from:
	path = /somewhere/deep
to
	path = /somewhereelse/notsodeep

Any connections that existed prior to a connection being set up will
remain in effect with the previous setting while any new connection will
use the new setting.

I hope that helps to clarify.

Cheers,
John T.

You can force it  without restarting with the following commands:

For smbd
smbcontrol smbd reload-config

For nmbd:
smbcontrol nmbd reload-config

For winbind:
smbcontrol winbindd reload-config

The process number can also be used instead of the daemon's name.

For samba version > 3.3 you can force all 3 daemon's to reload 
configuration with the following command:

smbcontrol all reload-config