Mark as Invalid for ifupdown as I don't see what we can do here to help that kind of corner case.
If this is indeed a common use case (and I doubt it's), it might be worth updating samba to ship a job (or ifupdown hook) reloading the service when a new interface is brought up. Alternatively, once openvpn is ported to upstart (if that hasn't been done yet), it should be possible for the system administrator to simply add a condition to samba (and net-device-up=tap0 or similar). ** Changed in: ifupdown (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/613999 Title: openvpn is started after samba (smbd, nmbd) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ifupdown/+bug/613999/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs