Hello everyone, Assuming this is the right place to post potential bug reports, try this : (Apologies if it's been posted/covered somewhere else, but your lists don't seem to have a search facility...) nmbd had a good go at fork bombing my "server" just now, with a setup as follows : Samba 2.2.0a on Slackware Linux v8.0, linux kernel 2.4.16. i586 with 500ish mb of ram. Samba is started from inetd. There is only one windows (win2k pro) machine on the network of 4 computers (others are linux). The following appeared in log.nmbd : [2001/12/15 23:49:40, 0] libsmb/nmblib.c:send_udp(777) Packet send failed to 10.1.1.255(138) ERRNO=Operation not permitted [2001/12/15 23:49:40, 0] libsmb/nmblib.c:send_udp(777) Packet send failed to 10.1.1.255(138) ERRNO=Operation not permitted [2001/12/20 16:15:22, 0] nmbd/asyncdns.c:start_async_dns(150) started asyncdns process 5293 [2001/12/20 16:15:22, 0] lib/pidfile.c:pidfile_create(88) ERROR: nmbd is already running. File /var/lock/samba/nmbd.pid exists and process id 947 is running. [2001/12/20 16:15:22, 0] nmbd/asyncdns.c:start_async_dns(150) started asyncdns process 5295 [2001/12/20 16:15:22, 0] lib/pidfile.c:pidfile_create(88) ERROR: nmbd is already running. File /var/lock/samba/nmbd.pid exists and process id 947 is running. [2001/12/20 16:15:22, 0] nmbd/asyncdns.c:start_async_dns(150) started asyncdns process 5297 [2001/12/20 16:15:22, 0] lib/pidfile.c:pidfile_create(88) ERROR: nmbd is already running. File /var/lock/samba/nmbd.pid exists and process id 947 is running. [2001/12/20 16:15:23, 0] nmbd/asyncdns.c:start_async_dns(150) started asyncdns process 5299 .... (repeat of the above for sometime). This had the great effect of using all the file descriptors up, so i couldn't login as root or do much else. Thankfully it seems inetd realised something was wrong, and the following was in /var/log/debug : Dec 20 16:19:24 crab inetd[4180]: netbios-ns/udp server failing (looping), service terminated Dec 20 16:26:21 crab nmbd[947]: Got SIGTERM: going down... And as soon as i could I did a "killall nmbd", which i think is the final entry. My /etc/samba/smb.conf file has the following : [global] hosts allow = 10.1.1. workgroup = north_parade null passwords = yes log file = /var/log/smb.log interfaces = 10.1.1.1/255.255.255.0 socket options = TCP_NODELAY netbios name = crab domain master = yes local master = yes security = user # was share preserve case = yes os level = 80 # read prediction = no # domain logons = yes wins support = true server string = back from hell, asking for more! encrypt passwords = yes ssl CA certDir = /etc/ssl/certs update encrypted = yes If there is any other info you might need, then feel free to ask, I'll do my best. thanks dof. -- David Goodwin | dof@codepoets.co.uk | http://www.codepoets.co.uk Software Engineering, Uni. Of Wales Aberystwyth. Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. Do not go to the elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.