How to make samba read updated smb.conf file without restarting samba

anon091 · 04-05-2011, 10:19 AM

I just made a minor change to the smb.conf file, is there a way to force the samba service to read that change without restarting samba completely?

macemoneta · 04-05-2011, 10:22 AM

From 'man smbd':

Quote:

Sending the smbd a SIGHUP will cause it to reload its smb.conf configuration file within a short period of time.

anon091 · 04-05-2011, 10:23 AM

I saw that, but have no idea what the means unfortunately.

macemoneta · 04-05-2011, 10:26 AM

It means that you can tell samba to reload its configuration by issuing the command:

Code:

killall -HUP smbd

anon091 · 04-05-2011, 10:27 AM

oh ok. and that won't bounce all my users connected to that samba share?

macemoneta · 04-05-2011, 10:30 AM

Existing connections won't be impacted, unless you remove access to resources in the new configuration file.

anon091 · 04-05-2011, 10:31 AM

ok, thanks. all i did was add some more allowed IPs, and i'm not sure how long samba takes by default to reread the smb.conf, so i'd like to force it.

SBN · 03-01-2013, 06:36 AM

Hi just a question regarding this, how about if i have so many smbd -D process running will i have to killhup each or just one?

WFV · 03-12-2016, 01:42 PM

Three years later, you probably figured it out, usually killing one of them will kill all (from htop)

JockVSJock · 03-12-2016, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rjo98

I saw that, but have no idea what the means unfortunately.

sighup commands

http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-G...ect_12_01.html

List of all kill commands

Code:

kill -l

astrogeek · 03-12-2016, 02:27 PM

Note that this is near-necro, but hopefully provides useful info for some.

(WFV replied to a 3-year dead post, which was itself a reply to a 2-year old sleeper, JVJ replied to a 5 year old corpse...)

WFV · 03-13-2016, 12:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astrogeek

Note that this is near-necro, but hopefully provides useful info for some.

(WFV replied to a 3-year dead post, which was itself a reply to a 2-year old sleeper, JVJ replied to a 5 year old corpse...)

near-necro or post-mortem?

JockVSJock · 03-14-2016, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WFV

near-necro or post-mortem?

Neither...like a zombie you can't kill...

Lestrad · 06-30-2021, 04:43 AM

I say let's keep all them zombies walking and even invite 'em in for a good meal with a good bottle of wine from time to time. As long as the info shared is good and not too arcane, why not? Do we stop listening to Monteverdi or Fats Domino just because they're dead?