[Samba] smbcontrol smbd reload-config or service smbd reload doesn't reload include files

Sabuj Pattanayek sabujp at gmail.com
Fri Mar 14 00:46:12 MDT 2014


I merged all the shares in on the smb.conf file itself and tried the same
test with commenting admin users in and out, before and after a reload.
Samba still allows access without a restart.


On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 1:24 AM, Sabuj Pattanayek <sabujp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just tried sernet samba 4.1.6-7, reloading after adding the group doesn't
> seem to work at all now. Had to do a restart.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 1:11 AM, Sabuj Pattanayek <sabujp at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> s/main/global
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 1:10 AM, Sabuj Pattanayek <sabujp at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> This is how how my layout looks like :
>>>
>>> smb.conf :
>>>
>>> [main]
>>>
>>> include /path/to/template_shares.conf
>>> include /path/to/some_other_shares.conf
>>> include /path/to/testing_shares.conf
>>>
>>> the [testing] share in testing_shares.conf uses a template from
>>> template_shares.conf with
>>>
>>> [testing]
>>> copy = template_share
>>> path = /some/other/path
>>> admin users = @someADGroup
>>>
>>> ..so here after adding a group to admin users and reloading it works,
>>> but then when I comment out admin users and reload it doesn't take effect
>>> and that group still has access to the share. At this point I have to
>>> restart.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 1:06 AM, Sabuj Pattanayek <sabujp at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm using 4.1.5, but the reload seems to be very inconsistent.
>>>> Initially it looks like the problem was that I had defunct security mask
>>>> parameters in include files above the one I was changing which was somehow
>>>> throwing an "admin users = " parameter in an include file farther down in
>>>> the main smb.conf file. In the log file it said it was reading the section
>>>> I was modifying in the include file, but if I updated the "admin users = "
>>>> parameter for that share it wouldn't take unless I restarted smbd . After I
>>>> got rid of the defunct security mask parameters the reload on the updated
>>>> admin users = parameter seems to sort of work. What I mean is that if I add
>>>> a group to the admin users parameter and then do a reload (or a few reloads
>>>> for good measure) I can then connect because of the add group in admin
>>>> users. However, if I comment the parameter out and reload several times I
>>>> can still connect to the share even after multiple disconnects and
>>>> reconnects. The only thing that seems to "remove" the authentication
>>>> information is a full restart of smb, then I can longer connect to the
>>>> share as was behavior I was looking for.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Marc Muehlfeld <
>>>> samba at marc-muehlfeld.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello Sabuj
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 13.03.2014 20:46, schrieb Sabuj Pattanayek:
>>>>>
>>>>>  I noticed that smbcontrol smbd reload-config or service smbd reload
>>>>>> doesn't
>>>>>> reload include files. Is there anyway to get a reload to reload files
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> have been included from the main smb.conf ? Otherwise it only looks
>>>>>> like
>>>>>> restart works, but that causes connections to reset, even in a
>>>>>> ctdb/clustered environment . The only other option it looks like is
>>>>>> to just
>>>>>> put everything into the smb.conf file ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I use include files for printer and shares in production (3.6.23 and
>>>>> 4.1.6) and always do a "smbcontrol all reload-config", what works.
>>>>>
>>>>> I quickly did a test here on my testsystem (4.1.5) and renamed a
>>>>> printer, that is in a separate file which is included in smb.conf. Works.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Which version do you use?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Increase the loglevel to at least 4, then do a
>>>>> # smbcontrol all reload-config
>>>>> and search your logs for "include". You should see the included files:
>>>>>
>>>>> # fgrep include /var/log/samba/*
>>>>> 10.99.0.70.log:  doing parameter include = /etc/samba/shares.conf
>>>>> 10.99.0.70.log:  doing parameter include = /etc/samba/printers.conf
>>>>> nmbd.log:  doing parameter include = /etc/samba/shares.conf
>>>>> smbd.log:  doing parameter include = /etc/samba/shares.conf
>>>>> smbd.log:  doing parameter include = /etc/samba/printers.conf
>>>>> winbindd.log:  doing parameter include = /etc/samba/shares.conf
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Marc
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>


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