[Samba] Change machine name without a reboot?

[L.P.H. van Belle]

Uh... just add : 

netbios name = PC_NAME


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> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens Paul D. DeRocco
> Verzonden: dinsdag 23 februari 2016 0:35
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> Onderwerp: [Samba] Change machine name without a reboot?
> 
> I'm having trouble changing the machine name programmatically on Samba 4
> (running under systemd). There's no "netbios name" option in smb.conf, so
> I'm relying on it using the hostname. Here's what I'm doing:
> 
> 1) Call sethostname() with the new name.
> 
> 2) Write the same name into /etc/hostname, to make it nonvolatile.
> 
> 3) Read a decimal number from /var/run/smbd.pid.
> 
> 4) Send SIGHUP to that process.
> 
> Nothing happens. If I reboot, then the new name is announced on the
> network. How do I get it to do this without rebooting the entire system?
> 
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> Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
> Paul                mailto:pderocco at ix.netcom.com
> 
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