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Noob smb restart question

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tanad

IS-IT--Management
Sep 27, 2006
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CA
Hi, I'm currently investigating the feasibility for our company to switch to a linux/samba implementation. I have run this combo in the past with good success, but on a much smaller scale; now 75+users, previously 10+users.

The one thing that seems to stick in my mind as being a problem with samba was that reconfiguring the smb.conf file and restarting the daemon caused people to lose their connection with the server occasionally resulting in data loss.

Was I just doing something wrong or is this just how it works? With a larger implementation, we obviously cannot be kicking people off the smb server just to add a new share during working hours. High availability is very important during working hours.

I guess my official question is: does restarting the smb daemon cause connected users to lose their connections?



Thanks in advance.



(I realize this is a real noob question, but please bear with me.)


 
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