Updating smb.conf without restarting samba

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

samba should stat all its files, and re-read the config files (and all 
sub-config files rad from include = option).  if it _desn't, then do a 
kill -HUP to get it to re-read.

luke

On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Nick Parker wrote:

> Can anyone tell me if it's possible to get samba to re-read smb.conf while
> it's running. At the moment everytime I make changes in smb.conf I kil all
> samba processes and re-run samba. Is there a better way?
> 
> Nick Parker,
> Berger-Levrault, France
> 
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