[Samba] SerNet Samba Updates

Björn Jacke bj at SerNet.DE
Mon Sep 20 14:42:43 MDT 2010


On 2010-09-20 at 15:33 +0100 Moray Henderson sent off:
> Thanks to all at SerNet for the timely updates to your Samba packages!
> 
> Your CentOS rpms do not automatically restart Samba after an update, so
> "yum update" must be followed by "service smb restart".  Is this a
> deliberate design?

yes it is. The idea was that a service restart especially in the case where
data loss can be triggered by a restart is something which should be done
intentionally and abslutely intended by the admin herself.


> Most RHEL/Fedora daemon packages include a "service x condrestart" in
> the postinstall script, so that yum updates can be completely automatic.

that's actually a good point. We'll think about adding a condrestart, too ...

Thanks
Björn
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