Running Samba would mean toadying to the corporate overlords by supporting a network system based on a monopolistic, oppressive, and sub-standard "operating" system. Funny how MS Windows and a word that implies something that works (operating) can be used in the same sentence.
<grin> Seriously though, I have no need for samba at the moment. I have run it before though, but never used it for more than 10 or 20 megs of files at a time. On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 15:59, Bob Crandell wrote: > I believe "_and it worked_" is what's really important. > > Once I get the Samba issue worked out I'll be enabling MySQL and phpGroupware on > their server, thereby heading off a move to Exchange by one of their in-house techs. > > Do you have Samba running on yours? > > Christopher Maujean ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > > > >after no response from the folks working on postgresql, and having the > >same type of problem, nothing looked like it had the memory, but it > >wasn't available to other programs. Drastic, sure, but it was short > >term, low budget fix, _and it worked_. > > > >On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 09:48, Bob Crandell wrote: > >> They aren't running PostgreSQL. Your fix is pretty drastic. > >> If you ran Top with the M option, did you see a program using up the memory? > >> > >> Christopher Maujean ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > >> > > >> >PostgreSQL used to have a memory leak that would take all 2gigs of ram > >> >from my machine. I wrote a perl script that filled an array with 'A''s > >> >infinitely, until it ran out of memory once it crashed, it gave all that > >> >memory back. Ran it as a cron job every half hour. > >> > > >> > > >> >On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 09:12, Bob Crandell wrote: > >> >> That shows how much memory each program is using but it doesn't add up to the > amount > >> >> of memory being used. There is over a half Gig of RAM and 96 M of swap. It >all > >> >> gets used up just before it goes down. > >> >> > >> >> Is there another utility? > >> >> > >> >> Thanks > >> >> > >> >> Bob Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > >> >> > > >> >> >Bob Crandell wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> >> I have a client with a Linux server running Samba. Something is > >> >> >> filling up memory and the swap space. This is dragging down to the > >> >> >> point where it's unusable. They have to reboot almost every day. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> My question is how do I find out what is taking up all that memory? > >> >> > > >> >> >Run top, then type "M" (capital M). Watch the size column. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> > > >> >PGP: > >> >--------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >http://www.keyserver.net/ > >> >KeyID: EFAF4176 > >> >Fingerprint: 55E6 4DE1 D7D3 361E F265 C094 46F2 7B62 EFAF 4176 > >> >--------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > > >> > > > > >PGP: > >--------------------------------------------------------------- > >http://www.keyserver.net/ > >KeyID: EFAF4176 > >Fingerprint: 55E6 4DE1 D7D3 361E F265 C094 46F2 7B62 EFAF 4176 > >--------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- Christopher Maujean IT Director, Premierelink Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.premierelink.com/ 541-344-8575x305 PGP: --------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.keyserver.net/ KeyID: EFAF4176 Fingerprint: 55E6 4DE1 D7D3 361E F265 C094 46F2 7B62 EFAF 4176 ---------------------------------------------------------------
