Samba restart and LM15 and LM18.3

[stanley82]

I keep editing my /etc/samba/smb.conf file and doing
sudo service smbd start stop restart they seem run okay but changes to smb.conf are not activated.
sudo /etc/init.d/smbd start give the above result.
A reboot does the job okay.
I have two LM18.3 Cinnamon desktops and a LM15 Cinamon laptop and the same smb.conf file on all three,
On the laptop Nemo Network shows Windows Network and all three computers and I can dig into the shared files.
On the two desktops I only get the Windows Network and no sign of my three machines but but if I dig into my WORKGROUP I can see the two desktops. I have the gufw disabled on all three machines.
Any ideas Ian.

[all41]

I keep editing my /etc/samba/smb.conf file and doing
sudo service smbd start stop restart they seem run okay but changes to smb.conf are not activated.
sudo /etc/init.d/smbd start give the above result.
A reboot does the job okay.

Try this:
sudo service smbd restart
and then
sudo service nmbd restart

The samba.config changes should be effective.

[stanley82]

I've not experimented with that one. There seems to be a number of ways on the web that may or may not do it on every Linux distribution. Samba and firewalls are not consistent. I'm experimenting with this info "viewtopic.php?f=157&t=185410#p960482" and it's looking quite good but not consistent between LM18.3 machines. More to follow on above link. Ian