[Samba] Problem Restarting Samba3

[Tim Jordan]

Sounds like you may not be stopping the smbd3 competely.  How are you
stopping the service?  Do verify that the smbd3 is stopped:
    ps -ae | grep smbd3

Also, here are the latest Mandrake RMPS for Samba:
http://ranger.dnsalias.com/mandrake/9.2/samba-3.0.1

Good luck,
TJ
On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 15:49, AndyLiebman at aol.com wrote:

> I have Samba 3.0.0 installed on Mandrake 9.2. I also have Samba 2.8.8a 
> installed per instructions from Mandrake -- but I do NOT start Samba 2.8.8a 
> automatically. In fact, I don't use it at all. Maybe I should uninstall the Samba 
> 2.8.8a rpm??? I will update to 3.0.1 as soon as an rpm is available from Mandrake. 
> 
> Anyway, I have a problem when I try to add a new share to my smb.conf file. I 
> can't make it accessible to my Windows machines unless I reboot the Linux 
> box. Simple restarting Samba3 doesn't do the trick (I think it's making Samba 
> 2.2.8a START after shutting down Samba 3.0.0). 
> 
> Is there any trick to adding new shares and making them accessible to Windows 
> without restarting either Samba3 or the whole server? 
> 
> And if I have to restart Samba3 -- and if I succeed in making it really 
> restart -- won't that disconnect Windows users who are already connected to the 
> server? 
> 
> Thanks for your advice. 
> Andy Liebman