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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 49987] WinPopup plugin stays to try to change samba config
From:       Martijn Klingens <klingens () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-11-02 16:46:38
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------- Additional Comments From klingens@kde.org  2002-11-02 17:46 -------
Subject: Re: [Kopete-devel]  WinPopup plugin stays to try to change samba config

On Saturday 02 November 2002 17:36, Gav Wood wrote:
> assuming you have that file there, try
> to execute (as a normal user) "kdesu cp /tmp/smb.conf.new
> /etc/samba/smb.conf.old" (since that's all the winpopup plugin does).

You put the temporary smb.conf in /tmp? Eek, that's very dangerous because you 
introduce a race condition where someone else can put another smb.conf there 
that shares the whole harddisk.

Also, don't you need to give smbd a HUP to make it reload its config?
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