System overloaded due to a change in the smb.conf

[David Collier-Brown]

   Yikes!  Samba normally rereads the conf file if it
detects a change, but it shouldn't be that expensive
an operation...

--dave

Raphael Berghmans wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Conf:
> 
> Samba-3.0.0 with 600 smbd procs.
> 
> 
> If we make a change in the smb.conf, the system is not available for
> several minutes (until 15 minutes). Each of 600 smbd process use all the
> CPU ressource during several seconds.
> 
> What's happend exactly for each smbd process when a change is made in
> conf file ?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Raphaël
> 


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