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first install
apt-get install inotify-tools
maybe also screen to have inotify running with screen in the background

then monitor what is going on. directories after a @ are ignored.

inotifywait -m -r / @/dev @/media @/mnt @/opt @/proc @/root @/sbin @/sys @/tmp @/usr @/bin @/etc @/lib @/var/run/samba/ @/var/cache/samba/

case “$1” in
start)
log_daemon_msg “Starting Samba daemons”
mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /var/run/samba
mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /var/cache/samba

# Make sure we have our PIDDIR, even if it’s on a tmpfs
install -o root -g root -m 755 -d $PIDDIR

at stop)

..
..
fi
fi

umount /var/run/samba
umount /var/cache/samba

log_end_msg 0

;;
reload)

———-
for me it did not do all the trick. samba was still trying to access:
/var/lib/samba so:
mv /var/lib/samba/ /var/lib/samba_
cp -ar /var/lib/samba_ /tmp/samba_lib
ln -sf /tmp/samba_lib /var/lib/samba

(this is what I am currently testing… but should work.. so unconfirmed yet 🙂