I have a probleme with my samba server. I have a lot of closewait socket state causing the load average to increase. Samba generate some errors logs but I don't know the signification of "Signal 7 in pid xxx". For information, I am running a samba 3.0.10-1.4E.2 under a kernel Linux version 2.6.9-22 with a RHEL 3.4.4-2. Here is the log file (/var/log/messages) : ---------------------- Jul 11 13:56:33 linuxd smbd[8481]: yield_connection: tdb_delete for name J failed with error Record does not exist. Jul 11 13:56:33 linuxd smbd[27341]: [2006/07/11 13:56:33, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(430) Jul 11 13:56:33 linuxd smbd[19620]: [2006/07/11 13:56:33, 0] smbd/connection.c:yield_connection(76) Jul 11 13:56:33 linuxd smbd[27341]: write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Broken pipe Jul 11 13:56:33 linuxd smbd[8408]: [2006/07/11 13:56:33, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(430) Jul 11 13:56:33 linuxd smbd[27341]: [2006/07/11 13:56:33, 0] smbd/connection.c:yield_connection(76) Jul 11 13:56:33 linuxd smbd[8489]: [2006/07/11 13:56:33, 0] smbd/connection.c:yield_connection(76) [...] 1 13:56:33 linuxd smbd[17231]: write_socket_data: write failure. Error Broken pipe Jul 11 13:56:33 linuxd smbd[16632]: write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Broken pipe Jul 11 13:56:33 linuxd smbd[8410]: write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Broken pipe Jul 11 13:56:33 linuxd smbd[2542]: oplock_break: end of file from client Jul 11 13:56:33 linuxd smbd[13744]: write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Broken pipe Jul 11 13:56:33 linuxd smbd[27841]: write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Connection reset by peer Jul 11 13:56:33 linuxd smbd[8484]: write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Broken pipe [...] ul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9455]: Error writing 134 bytes to client. -1. (Broken pipe) Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[8980]: Error writing 58 bytes to client. -1. (Broken pipe) Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[8963]: Error writing 58 bytes to client. -1. (Broken pipe) Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[14781]: [2006/07/11 13:56:37, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(39) Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[10470]: Error writing 58 bytes to client. -1. (Broken pipe) Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[8706]: Error writing 134 bytes to client. -1. (Broken pipe) Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9066]: Error writing 134 bytes to client. -1. (Broken pipe) Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9450]: Error writing 134 bytes to client. -1. (Broken pipe) Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[8715]: Error writing 134 bytes to client. -1. (Broken pipe) [...] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[14781]: BACKTRACE: 16 stack frames: Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9074]: BACKTRACE: 20 stack frames: Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[16632]: yield_connection: tdb_delete for name H failed with error Record does not exist. Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[14781]: #0 smbd(smb_panic2+0x8a) [0xe9fe90] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9074]: #0 smbd(smb_panic2+0x8a) [0xe9fe90] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[14781]: #1 smbd(smb_panic+0x19) [0xea00bc] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9074]: #1 smbd(smb_panic+0x19) [0xea00bc] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[14781]: #2 smbd [0xe8c80f] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9074]: #2 smbd [0xe8c80f] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[14781]: #3 /lib/tls/libc.so.6 [0x3f38c8] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9074]: #3 /lib/tls/libc.so.6 [0x3f38c8] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[14781]: #4 smbd [0xeb393d] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9074]: #4 smbd [0xeb393d] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[14781]: #5 smbd [0xeb3f2e] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9074]: #5 smbd [0xeb3f2e] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[14781]: #6 smbd(tdb_store+0x137) [0xeb5056] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9074]: #6 smbd(tdb_store+0x137) [0xeb5056] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[14781]: #7 smbd(set_share_mode+0x1d3) [0xe5cd19] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9074]: #7 smbd(claim_connection+0x252) [0xd35b16] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[14781]: #8 smbd(open_file_shared1+0xde2) [0xd77dfd] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9074]: #8 smbd [0xd8b539] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[14781]: #9 smbd(reply_ntcreate_and_X+0x88f) [0xd4af38] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9074]: #9 smbd(make_connection+0x162) [0xd8ca54] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[14781]: #10 smbd [0xd89412] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9074]: #10 smbd(reply_tcon_and_X+0x1d3) [0xd52bb6] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[14781]: #11 smbd(process_smb+0x19b) [0xd8984c] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9074]: #11 smbd [0xd89412] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[14781]: #12 smbd(smbd_process+0x15f) [0xd8a574] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9074]: #12 smbd(chain_reply+0x178) [0xd89cb8] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[14781]: #13 smbd(main+0x865) [0xf1c567] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9074]: #13 smbd(reply_sesssetup_and_X+0xabe) [0xd62feb] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[14781]: #14 /lib/tls/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xd3) [0x3e0e23] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9074]: #14 smbd [0xd89412] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[14781]: #15 smbd [0xd291e1] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9074]: #15 smbd(process_smb+0x19b) [0xd8984c] Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[14781]: Jul 11 13:56:37 linuxd smbd[9074]: #16 smbd(smbd_process+0x15f) [0xd8a574] [...] Jul 11 13:56:38 linuxd smbd[9856]: [2006/07/11 13:56:38, 0] smbd/connection.c:yield_connection(76) Jul 11 13:56:38 linuxd smbd[16143]: INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 7 in pid 16143 (3.0.10-1.4E.2) Jul 11 13:56:38 linuxd smbd[9856]: yield_connection: tdb_delete for name IPC$ failed with error Record does not exist. Jul 11 13:56:38 linuxd smbd[16143]: Please read the appendix Bugs of the Samba HOWTO collection Jul 11 13:56:38 linuxd smbd[16143]: [2006/07/11 13:56:38, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(39) Jul 11 13:56:38 linuxd smbd[16143]: ==============================================================Jul 11 13:56:38 linuxd smbd[16143]: [2006/07/11 13:56:38, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic2(1504) Jul 11 13:56:38 linuxd smbd[16143]: PANIC: internal error Jul 11 13:56:38 linuxd smbd[16143]: [2006/07/11 13:56:38, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic2(1512) ----------------------- If anyone could help me , I will really appreciate. thanks