Does a new samba share require a samba restart

rjo98 · 01-27-2010, 11:25 AM

Do you have to restart Samba when you add a new share to the smb.conf file, or does it check every so often for new mounts and make them available?

TB0ne · 01-27-2010, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by rjo98

Do you have to restart Samba when you add a new share to the smb.conf file, or does it check every so often for new mounts and make them available?

You have to do an "/etc/init.d/smb reload", to (obviously), reload the config, to pick up or remove shares. It doesn't automatically do it.

rjo98 · 01-27-2010, 02:45 PM

ok, thanks. wish there was a way to get it to pick up the new one without stopping and starting the whole thing since i have other people connected to other shares.

TB0ne · 01-27-2010, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by rjo98

ok, thanks. wish there was a way to get it to pick up the new one without stopping and starting the whole thing since i have other people connected to other shares.

I don't think it'll drop the connected users off by doing a reload. A restart would, but I don't think the reload will effect anything.

You could just try it, and listen for the wails of your users, though.

rjo98 · 01-27-2010, 03:54 PM

haha, i thought a reload and restart did the same thing, not that i really have anything to base it on. I can give it a shot.

rjo98 · 01-27-2010, 03:56 PM

actually, according to this website it kicks the users off

http://wiki.contribs.org/User_homes_admin_access

pentode · 01-27-2010, 06:00 PM

I've done samba restarts that generally go unnoticed by my users. YMMV, of course.

TB0ne · 01-28-2010, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by rjo98

actually, according to this website it kicks the users off

http://wiki.contribs.org/User_homes_admin_access

According to that, it's the restart that kicks them off. A reload (or force-reload), just re-reads the config.

rjo98 · 01-28-2010, 01:38 PM

OK, I must have read it wrong, I thought the sentences above the commands went with the commands below them in that example they showed.

Save & exit the file

Ctrl o
Ctrl x

then expand the template

expand-template /etc/smb.conf

then restart the samba server so your template is active. Note that this will momentarily stop samba, so ensure that all users have disconnected from & stopped using all shares first

/etc/init.d/smb reload

then restart smb

/etc/init.d/smb restart

TB0ne · 01-28-2010, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by rjo98

OK, I must have read it wrong, I thought the sentences above the commands went with the commands below them in that example they showed.

Those were examples, and the CTRL O/X are editor commands. If you've already edited your smb.conf file, you're ready

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/etc/init.d/smb reload

/etc/init.d/smb restart

Those are the commands that reload and restart Samba. You need to be root to run them.