Bug 160059

Summary:	init script will not stop daemon if smb.conf deleted while running
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Chester Hosey <chester.hosey>
Component:	samba	Assignee:	Simo Sorce <ssorce>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Description Chester Hosey 2005-06-10 15:21:56 UTC

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Description of problem:
"/etc/init.d/smb stop" exits silently if smb.conf does not exist.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
samba-3.0.10-1.4E

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. With existing /etc/samba/smb.conf, start samba (/etc/init.d/smb start).
2. Delete or rename /etc/samba/smb.conf
3. "/etc/init.d/smb stop" will exit silently.

Actual Results:  The script silently exits without stopping smbd.

Expected Results:  Service should be stopped.

Additional info:

Filed as low priority because this is not likely to happen often and an easy workaround is present (killall smbd nmbd).

Comment 1 RHEL Program Management 2006-08-18 17:38:45 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 4 Simo Sorce 2007-03-05 19:22:41 UTC

While smb.conf is the config file and not the init script itself, it is a
required comopnent of the package. Removing smb.conf is not considered a correct
operation.

If you think there is a situation in which removing smb.conf is necessary or
happens under some condition, please reopen the bug and describe in which
situation this may happen.