[Samba] "smbd_open_one_socket: open_socket_in failed: Cannot assign requested address"?

Gilles codecomplete at free.fr
Sat Jun 21 22:04:14 UTC 2025


On 21/06/2025 23:58, Gilles via samba wrote:
> Google didn't help finding why Samba can't listen to the Ethernet card 
> on a fresh Debian 12 host: "systemctl status smbd" 
> says "smbd_open_one_socket: open_socket_in failed: Cannot assign 
> requested address". 

Apparently, "smbcontrol smbd reload-config" isn't good enough to tell 
Samba to re-read its config files. "systemctl restart smbd" is required.

Problem solved.




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