I have set up a centos server as a file share server for windows
clients. I added users and groups by command line and have done some
work with Webmin - not using the Bluequartz interface for much of
anything. (My other web server I do use it).
When I change a user's group, or add a user to a group, I cannot map
that group's share on my WinXP client until I reboot the server.
Something isn't taking effect until the reboot. I can see the proper
group memberships in /etc/group before the reboot. Since rebooting is
the shotgun method, I was wondering if there is another service I can
stop/start that would affect the changes? Something doesn't seem right,
since other servers I've configured seem to affect the changes straight
away.
Also, if I edit the samba config file, it seems I can't make those
changes go without a reboot either. I've tried /usr/sbin/smbd restart
and it appears to stop and start the service, but changes don't take
effect until a reboot. I've also tried killing xinetd with this command:
kill -HUP 2305
but that doesn't seem to do anything. (substituting whatever pid number
is being used by xinetd).
I think I've noticed this with changes to proftpd as well.
I see there's files I could try restarting in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ such as
xinetd and smbd, but wonder what the proper procedure is? I don't think
I've tried those.
But nevertheless, wondering how to get my user/group changes without
rebooting?
I'm accessing via putty in a ssh session, logging in as admin and su -
'ing to root.
cheers, Jim
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Jim Dory
Engineering
City of Nome
PO Box 281
102 Division St.
Nome, AK 99762
907.443.6604
http://www.nomealaska.org