[Samba] * Reloading /etc/samba/smb.conf smbd only

[John H Terpstra - Samba Team]

Bruce Borah wrote:
> This phenomenon is due to the lease being renewed.  The use of dhcp on a
> server is the root problem.

With all due respect I have difficulty with this claim.  I have
implemented Samba at hundreds of sites that use DHCP without ever
noticing the problem reported below.  I would dearly like to see
evidence that supports a relationship between DHCP and smb.conf re-reads.

cheers,
John T.

> See this thread on the Ubuntu Forum:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1140094
> 
> -Bruce
> 
> Olivier Nicole wrote:
>>> but should the message "*Reloading /etc/samba/smb.conf smbd only"
>>> appear right on the command every five minutes? that surely cannot be
>>> normal behavior.
>>>     
>>
>> Must be depending on how you started samba and what you configured as
>> a log file.
>>
>> If you started samba on command line and have no log configured, all
>> the messages will come on your command line...
>>
>> Olivier
>>   
>