HP CIFS Server 3.0f Administrator's Guide verison A.02.03

NOTE: HP does not support the inetd configuration to start the HP CIFS Server.
Starting and stopping Daemons Individually
Two new options -n (nmbd only) and -s (smbd only) have been added to startsmb andstopsmb scripts
to start and stop the daemons individually. The startsmb -scommand starts the smbd daemon. The
stopsmb -s command stops the smbd daemon. The -n option starts and stops the nmbd daemon in the
same way.
Configuring Automatic Start at System Boot
When the HP CIFS Server is first installed, it will not automatically start when the system boots. You can
enable the HP CIFS Server and related daemons to do so by editing the /etc/rc.config.d/samba file.This
configuration file contains two variables:
RUN_SAMBA=0
RUN_WINBIND=0
The RUN_SAMBA variable controls whether HP CIFS Server daemons, smbd and nmbd, will start at system
startup. The RUN_WINBIND variable controls whether the winbind daemon, winbindd, will start at system
startup. The two variables function independently.
To configure HP CIFS Server to start automatically, set RUN_SAMBA to a non-zero value. To configure Winbind
to start automatically, set RUN_WINBIND to a non-zero value. For example, if you want HP CIFS Server and
Winbind to start automatically at system startup, edit the variables in the /etc/rc.config.d/samba file as
follows:
RUN_SAMBA=1
RUN_WINBIND=1
Stopping and Re-starting Daemons to Apply New Settings
The smb.conf configuration file is automatically reloaded every minute if it changes. You can force a reload
by sending a SIGHUP to the CIFS server. Reloading the configuration file does not affect connections to any
service that is already established.
But, you must stop and re-start the CIFS server daemons to apply the new setting for the following parameters
in smb.conf:
• netbios aliases
• interfaces
• auth methods
• passdb backend
• invalid users
• valid users
• admin users
• read list
• write list
• printer admin
• hosts allow
• hosts deny
• hosts equiv
• preload modules
• wins server
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