[Samba] "smbd_open_one_socket: open_socket_in failed: Cannot assign requested address"?

Gilles
Sat, 21 Jun 2025 22:04:14 -0000

On 21/06/2025 23:58, Gilles via samba wrote:
> Google didn't help finding why Samba can't listen to the Ethernet
card
> on a fresh Debian 12 host: "systemctl status smbd"
> says?"smbd_open_one_socket: open_socket_in failed: Cannot assign
> requested address".

Apparently, "smbcontrol smbd reload-config" isn't good enough to
tell
Samba to re-read its config files. "systemctl restart smbd" is
required.

Problem solved.