[Samba] Starting & Stopping Samba (smb.conf modifications)

[lingpanda101 at gmail.com]

On 3/23/2016 12:11 PM, Nicholas Rudd wrote:
>
> OK, yeah I have a 4.4 domain controller and it reloads automatically, 
> if they don't already go into affect when you exit the text editor try 
> restarting smb service, if you don't have the smb service you probably 
> can just do a system reboot and that will let changes take affect. 
> What are you changing specifically? Are you modifying a share?
>
> On Mar 23, 2016 11:53 AM, "lingpanda101 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:lingpanda101 at gmail.com>" <lingpanda101 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:lingpanda101 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 3/23/2016 10:43 AM, Nicholas Rudd wrote:
>>
>>     I thought that smb.conf changes are reloaded automatically, or at
>>     least on samba 4.4, otherwise I thought sudo service smb reload
>>     works?
>>
>>     On Mar 23, 2016 10:40 AM, "lingpanda101 at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:lingpanda101 at gmail.com>" <lingpanda101 at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:lingpanda101 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hello,
>>
>>             If I make a change to the smb.conf file. Can I simply
>>         invoke 'smbcontrol all reload-config', or must I kill all
>>         samba services and restart them?
>>
>>         -- 
>>         -James
>>
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>     I'm not sure as I'm in the process of updating to 4.4. I should
>     also mention I'm using samba as a ADDC.
>
>     -- 
>     -James
>
It could be a change to a share, dns forwarder, log level, or any new 
additions to the smb.conf.

-- 
-James