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

[Bruce Borah]

Please read the Ubuntu Forums thread.  Specifically from  post #18  on.  
I believe it is the  Ubuntu script for the DHCP client that is the culprit.

-Bruce

John H Terpstra - Samba Team wrote:
> 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
>>>   
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