> > the new 3.0.4 Samba installation seems to work find > > except that from time to time but at least a couple > > of times a day one or more smbd processes start > > running at 20%-40% CPU each and 6 nscd processes > > then share the remaining CPU power. System 70%-80% > > users the rest 20%-30%. Load rises fast to over 4. > > > > I'm sure that each such process is just idling, > > but why does it engage so much nscd processing? > > > > As soon as I kill the excessive smbd process(es) > > the situation drops to normal, i.e. load < 0,1 > > no perceptible CPU%. > > > > Does anyone know what's happening? > > What does strace say ? Can you attach with gdb to > a CPU bound process and give a backtrace ?
Ah backtrace, to see the steps to the black hole? OK. Will do, sooen as I get back to office (tomorrow). -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
