> out of control and eating up CPU, meanwhile, customers access to the samba > shares dies. When it happens, there appears to be waaaay too many samba > processes spawned, yet only one of them is going bezerk according to > "top".
The parent smbd forks one smbd for each connection. So each client (including WINS servers in the domain) should get a smbd. Are there more smbd's than that? smbstatus will show you how many connected users there are at any time, assuming your connections.tdb file is ok. Everyone's access dies, or just the one that belongs to the looping smbd? You might want to attach strace or ltrace or gdb to the pid that's using all your CPU to get a handle on where it's stuck. > I've had level 3 samba logging turned on, but I'm not capturing > anything that I can identify as the cause. I see some oplock messages, > but those come in during good & bad times. The other thing I notice is > there is typically a file or directory not found error in the log, too, > prior to the bad behavior, although I don't see how that could be a cause. Which file not found? Is this same message present in good times and bad, or only in bad? ~ Daniel ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is the property of Time Inc. or its affiliates. It may be legally privileged and/or confidential and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). No addressee should forward, print, copy, or otherwise reproduce this message in any manner that would allow it to be viewed by any individual not originally listed as a recipient. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized disclosure, dissemination, distribution, copying or the taking of any action in reliance on the information herein is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this message. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
