I run samba ( ver 3.0.26a ) on a linux box ( Fedora 4 ) so that users from a Windows 2003 domain can access those files on the linux box. I compiled the samba and configured it with the command : configure --with-ads The /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf is : -------------------------------------- [global] domain master = no local master = no preferred master = no os level = 0 netbios name = linuxbox WORKGROUP=XXX security = ADS realm = XXX.YYY.EDU password server = 111.222.333.111 server string = "linux Server" log file = /var/log/samba.log socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 encrypt passwords = yes wins server = 111.222.333.444 create mask = 775 directory mask = 775 [project] path = /home/project writeable = yes # ldd /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -------------------------------- linux-gate.so.1 => (0x001ba000) libldap-2.2.so.7 => /usr/lib/libldap-2.2.so.7 (0x005a9000) liblber-2.2.so.7 => /usr/lib/liblber-2.2.so.7 (0x002b1000) libgssapi_krb5.so.2 => /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2 (0x0035c000) libkrb5.so.3 => /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3 (0x00a1d000) libk5crypto.so.3 => /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3 (0x00453000) libkrb5support.so.0 => /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0 (0x0089b000) libcom_err.so.2 => /lib/libcom_err.so.2 (0x00111000) libresolv.so.2 => /lib/libresolv.so.2 (0x0078f000) libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/libcrypt.so.1 (0x00177000) libnsl.so.1 => /lib/libnsl.so.1 (0x00114000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00978000) libpopt.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0 (0x0012a000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00477000) libsasl2.so.2 => /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2 (0x00132000) libssl.so.5 => /lib/libssl.so.5 (0x00b17000) libcrypto.so.5 => /lib/libcrypto.so.5 (0x005df000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x003bb000) I have been using samba on a linux box like this for years. Users do not have any problem accessing the linux files. However I have noticed that the number of smbd processes keeps growing. This phenomenon also occurred earlier when I was using samba 3.0.25 # ps ax | grep mbd ------------------ 20598 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D 20600 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/nmbd -D 20602 ? S 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D 20697 ? S 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D 20698 ? S 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D 20956 ? S 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D 21217 ? S 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D 21218 ? S 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D ..... # ps aux | grep mbd ------------------- root 20598 0.0 0.7 10732 3656 ? Ss Oct11 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D root 20600 0.0 0.4 8088 2212 ? Ss Oct11 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/nmbd -D root 20602 0.0 0.7 10732 3648 ? S Oct11 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D root 20697 0.0 0.7 11976 3784 ? S Oct11 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D root 20698 0.0 0.7 11992 3908 ? S Oct11 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D root 20956 0.0 0.7 11992 3912 ? S Oct11 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D .... # ps alx | grep mbd ------------------- 5 0 20598 1 16 0 10732 3656 - Ss ? 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D 5 0 20600 1 16 0 8088 2212 - Ss ? 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/nmbd -D 1 0 20602 20598 19 0 10732 3648 pause S ? 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D 5 0 20697 20598 17 0 11976 3784 322475 S ? 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D 5 0 20698 20598 16 0 11992 3908 322475 S ? 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D 5 0 20956 20598 16 0 11992 3912 322475 S ? 0:00 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D ....... Excerpt from /var/log/samba.log ------------------------------- Whenever a new smbd process is created, 'Backtrace' and 'Memory Map' outputs show up. Following is an example. ........ [2007/10/12 12:26:06, 1] smbd/sesssetup.c:reply_spnego_kerberos(439) Username XXX\AAA$ is invalid on this system *** glibc detected *** /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd: free(): invalid pointer: 0x001ac7f0 *** ======= Backtrace: ========/lib/libc.so.6[0xc8d424] /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_free+0x77)[0xc8d95f] /lib/libcom_err.so.2(remove_error_table+0x4b)[0x1adabb] /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3[0x14a823] /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3[0x14a5c7] /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3[0x19b3ba] /lib/ld-linux.so.2[0x11f058] /lib/libc.so.6(exit+0xc5)[0xc54c69] /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd(exit_server+0x0)[0x674afa] /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd(exit_server_fault+0x0)[0x674b1a] /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd(main+0x821)[0x67539a] /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xc6)[0xc3ede6] /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd[0x42dbc9] ======= Memory map: =======00111000-0012b000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2753632 /lib/ld-2.3.5.so 0012b000-0012c000 r-xp 00019000 50:02 2753632 /lib/ld-2.3.5.so 0012c000-0012d000 rwxp 0001a000 50:02 2753632 /lib/ld-2.3.5.so 0012d000-0013a000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8618776 /usr/lib/liblber-2.2.so.7.0.16 0013a000-0013b000 rwxp 0000c000 50:02 8618776 /usr/lib/liblber-2.2.so.7.0.16 0013b000-001aa000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8623804 /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.2 001aa000-001ad000 rwxp 0006e000 50:02 8623804 /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.2 001ad000-001af000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2753644 /lib/libcom_err.so.2.1 001af000-001b0000 rwxp 00001000 50:02 2753644 /lib/libcom_err.so.2.1 001b0000-001bf000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2749891 /lib/libresolv-2.3.5.so 001bf000-001c0000 r-xp 0000e000 50:02 2749891 /lib/libresolv-2.3.5.so 001c0000-001c1000 rwxp 0000f000 50:02 2749891 /lib/libresolv-2.3.5.so 001c1000-001c3000 rwxp 001c1000 00:00 0 001c3000-001d8000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8618740 /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2.0.20 001d8000-001d9000 rwxp 00015000 50:02 8618740 /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2.0.20 001d9000-0020e000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2749959 /lib/libssl.so.0.9.8 0020e000-00212000 rwxp 00034000 50:02 2749959 /lib/libssl.so.0.9.8 00212000-00318000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2749957 /lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 00318000-0032d000 rwxp 00106000 50:02 2749957 /lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 0032d000-00330000 rwxp 0032d000 00:00 0 00330000-00332000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8614395 /usr/lib/gconv/UTF-16.so 00332000-00334000 rwxp 00001000 50:02 8614395 /usr/lib/gconv/UTF-16.so 00334000-00336000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8614302 /usr/lib/gconv/IBM850.so 00336000-00338000 rwxp 00001000 50:02 8614302 /usr/lib/gconv/IBM850.so 00338000-00341000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2749877 /lib/libnss_files-2.3.5.so 00341000-00342000 r-xp 00008000 50:02 2749877 /lib/libnss_files-2.3.5.so 00342000-00343000 rwxp 00009000 50:02 2749877 /lib/libnss_files-2.3.5.so 00367000-0039b000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8619260 /usr/lib/libldap-2.2.so.7.0.16 0039b000-0039d000 rwxp 00033000 50:02 8619260 /usr/lib/libldap-2.2.so.7.0.16 003e5000-006f1000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 950288 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd 006f1000-0070e000 rwxp 0030c000 50:02 950288 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd 0070e000-00724000 rwxp 0070e000 00:00 0 00740000-00752000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2749855 /lib/libnsl-2.3.5.so 00752000-00753000 r-xp 00011000 50:02 2749855 /lib/libnsl-2.3.5.so 00753000-00754000 rwxp 00012000 50:02 2749855 /lib/libnsl-2.3.5.so 00754000-00756000 rwxp 00754000 00:00 0 00777000-00779000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2749826 /lib/libdl-2.3.5.so 00779000-0077a000 r-xp 00001000 50:02 2749826 /lib/libdl-2.3.5.so 0077a000-0077b000 rwxp 00002000 50:02 2749826 /lib/libdl-2.3.5.so 00797000-007ad000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8623805 /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2 007ad000-007ae000 rwxp 00016000 50:02 8623805 /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2 00937000-0093e000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8621998 /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0.0.0 0093e000-0093f000 rwxp 00006000 50:02 8621998 /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0.0.0 009cb000-009cc000 r-xp 009cb000 00:00 0 00c02000-00c25000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8623803 /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.0 00c25000-00c26000 rwxp 00023000 50:02 8623803 /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.0 00c2a000-00d4e000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2753633 /lib/libc-2.3.5.so 00d4e000-00d50000 r-xp 00124000 50:02 2753633 /lib/libc-2.3.5.so 00d50000-00d52000 rwxp 00126000 50:02 2753633 /lib/libc-2.3.5.so 00d52000-00d54000 rwxp 00d52000 00:00 0 00d9d000-00da1000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2749874 /lib/libnss_dns-2.3.5.so 00da1000-00da2000 r-xp 00003000 50:02 2749874 /lib/libnss_dns-2.3.5.so 00da2000-00da3000 rwxp 00004000 50:02 2749874 /lib/libnss_dns-2.3.5.so 00e55000-00e5e000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2753637 /lib/libgcc_s-4.0.0-20050520.so.1 00e5e000-00e5f000 rwxp 00009000 50:02 2753637 /lib/libgcc_s-4.0.0-20050520.so.1 00f68000-00f6d000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2753641 /lib/libcrypt-2.3.5.so 00f6d000-00f6e000 r-xp 00004000 50:02 2753641 /lib/libcrypt-2.3.5.so 00f6e000-00f6f000 rwxp 00005000 50:02 2753641 /lib/libcrypt-2.3.5.so 00f6f000-00f96000 rwxp 00f6f000 00:00 0 00fb7000-00fb9000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8614783 /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.0 00fb9000-00fba000 rwxp 00001000 50:02 8614783 /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.0 091ee000-09271000 rw-p 091ee000 00:00 0 [heap] b7b00000-b7b21000 rw-p b7b00000 00:00 0 b7b21000-b7c00000 ---p b7b21000 00:00 0 b7c6d000-b7c71000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950354 /usr/local/samba/var/locks/netsamlogon_cache.tdb b7c71000-b7cb3000 rw-p b7c71000 00:00 0 b7cb3000-b7cb4000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950345 /usr/local/samba/var/locks/group_mapping.tdb b7cb4000-b7cb5000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950346 /usr/local/samba/var/locks/account_policy.tdb b7cb5000-b7cb6000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950348 /usr/local/samba/var/locks/ntprinters.tdb b7cb6000-b7cb7000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950347 /usr/local/samba/var/locks/ntdrivers.tdb b7ccc000-b7cce000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950334 /usr/local/samba/private/secrets.tdb b7cce000-b7cde000 r--s 00000000 50:02 950319 /usr/local/samba/lib/valid.dat b7cde000-b7ce4000 r--s 00000000 50:02 8614426 /usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache b7ce4000-b7ee4000 r--p 00000000 50:02 8614205 /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive b7ee4000-b7f04000 r--s 00000000 50:02 950317 /usr/local/samba/lib/lowcase.dat b7f04000-b7f24000 r--s 00000000 50:02 950318 /usr/local/samba/lib/upcase.datb7f24000-b7f28000 rw-p b7f24000 00:00 0 b7f28000-b7f29000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950349 /usr/local/samba/var/locks/ntforms.tdb b7f29000-b7f2c000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950339 /usr/local/samba/var/locks/connections.tdb b7f2c000-b7f2d000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950338 /usr/local/samba/var/locks/sessionid.tdb b7f2d000-b7f2e000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950336 /usr/local/samba/var/locks/messages.tdb b7f2e000-b7f2f000 rw-p b7f2e000 00:00 0 bf919000-bf92d000 rwxp bf919000 00:00 0 [stack] bf92d000-bf92f000 rw-p bf92d000 00:00 0 [2007/10/12 12:58:06, 1] smbd/sesssetup.c:reply_spnego_kerberos(439) Username XXX\AAA$ is invalid on this system *** glibc detected *** /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd: free(): invalid pointer: 0x001ac7f0 *** ======= Backtrace: ========/lib/libc.so.6[0xc8d424] /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_free+0x77)[0xc8d95f] /lib/libcom_err.so.2(remove_error_table+0x4b)[0x1adabb] /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3[0x14a823] /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3[0x14a5c7] /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3[0x19b3ba] /lib/ld-linux.so.2[0x11f058] /lib/libc.so.6(exit+0xc5)[0xc54c69] /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd(exit_server+0x0)[0x674afa] /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd(exit_server_fault+0x0)[0x674b1a] /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd(main+0x821)[0x67539a] /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xc6)[0xc3ede6] /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd[0x42dbc9] ======= Memory map: =======00111000-0012b000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2753632 /lib/ld-2.3.5.so 0012b000-0012c000 r-xp 00019000 50:02 2753632 /lib/ld-2.3.5.so 0012c000-0012d000 rwxp 0001a000 50:02 2753632 /lib/ld-2.3.5.so 0012d000-0013a000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8618776 /usr/lib/liblber-2.2.so.7.0.16 0013a000-0013b000 rwxp 0000c000 50:02 8618776 /usr/lib/liblber-2.2.so.7.0.16 0013b000-001aa000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8623804 /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.2 001aa000-001ad000 rwxp 0006e000 50:02 8623804 /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.2 001ad000-001af000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2753644 /lib/libcom_err.so.2.1 001af000-001b0000 rwxp 00001000 50:02 2753644 /lib/libcom_err.so.2.1 001b0000-001bf000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2749891 /lib/libresolv-2.3.5.so 001bf000-001c0000 r-xp 0000e000 50:02 2749891 /lib/libresolv-2.3.5.so 001c0000-001c1000 rwxp 0000f000 50:02 2749891 /lib/libresolv-2.3.5.so 001c1000-001c3000 rwxp 001c1000 00:00 0 001c3000-001d8000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8618740 /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2.0.20 001d8000-001d9000 rwxp 00015000 50:02 8618740 /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2.0.20 001d9000-0020e000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2749959 /lib/libssl.so.0.9.8 0020e000-00212000 rwxp 00034000 50:02 2749959 /lib/libssl.so.0.9.8 00212000-00318000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2749957 /lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 00318000-0032d000 rwxp 00106000 50:02 2749957 /lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 0032d000-00330000 rwxp 0032d000 00:00 0 00330000-00332000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8614395 /usr/lib/gconv/UTF-16.so 00332000-00334000 rwxp 00001000 50:02 8614395 /usr/lib/gconv/UTF-16.so 00334000-00336000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8614302 /usr/lib/gconv/IBM850.so 00336000-00338000 rwxp 00001000 50:02 8614302 /usr/lib/gconv/IBM850.so 00338000-00341000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2749877 /lib/libnss_files-2.3.5.so 00341000-00342000 r-xp 00008000 50:02 2749877 /lib/libnss_files-2.3.5.so 00342000-00343000 rwxp 00009000 50:02 2749877 /lib/libnss_files-2.3.5.so 00343000-0034c000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2753637 /lib/libgcc_s-4.0.0-20050520.so.1 0034c000-0034d000 rwxp 00009000 50:02 2753637 /lib/libgcc_s-4.0.0-20050520.so.1 00367000-0039b000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8619260 /usr/lib/libldap-2.2.so.7.0.16 0039b000-0039d000 rwxp 00033000 50:02 8619260 /usr/lib/libldap-2.2.so.7.0.16 003e5000-006f1000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 950288 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd 006f1000-0070e000 rwxp 0030c000 50:02 950288 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd 0070e000-00724000 rwxp 0070e000 00:00 0 00740000-00752000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2749855 /lib/libnsl-2.3.5.so 00752000-00753000 r-xp 00011000 50:02 2749855 /lib/libnsl-2.3.5.so 00753000-00754000 rwxp 00012000 50:02 2749855 /lib/libnsl-2.3.5.so 00754000-00756000 rwxp 00754000 00:00 0 00777000-00779000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2749826 /lib/libdl-2.3.5.so 00779000-0077a000 r-xp 00001000 50:02 2749826 /lib/libdl-2.3.5.so 0077a000-0077b000 rwxp 00002000 50:02 2749826 /lib/libdl-2.3.5.so 00797000-007ad000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8623805 /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2 007ad000-007ae000 rwxp 00016000 50:02 8623805 /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2 00937000-0093e000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8621998 /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0.0.0 0093e000-0093f000 rwxp 00006000 50:02 8621998 /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0.0.0 009cb000-009cc000 r-xp 009cb000 00:00 0 00c02000-00c25000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8623803 /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.0 00c25000-00c26000 rwxp 00023000 50:02 8623803 /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.0 00c2a000-00d4e000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2753633 /lib/libc-2.3.5.so 00d4e000-00d50000 r-xp 00124000 50:02 2753633 /lib/libc-2.3.5.so 00d50000-00d52000 rwxp 00126000 50:02 2753633 /lib/libc-2.3.5.so 00d52000-00d54000 rwxp 00d52000 00:00 0 00d9d000-00da1000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2749874 /lib/libnss_dns-2.3.5.so 00da1000-00da2000 r-xp 00003000 50:02 2749874 /lib/libnss_dns-2.3.5.so 00da2000-00da3000 rwxp 00004000 50:02 2749874 /lib/libnss_dns-2.3.5.so 00f68000-00f6d000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 2753641 /lib/libcrypt-2.3.5.so 00f6d000-00f6e000 r-xp 00004000 50:02 2753641 /lib/libcrypt-2.3.5.so 00f6e000-00f6f000 rwxp 00005000 50:02 2753641 /lib/libcrypt-2.3.5.so 00f6f000-00f96000 rwxp 00f6f000 00:00 0 00fb7000-00fb9000 r-xp 00000000 50:02 8614783 /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.0 00fb9000-00fba000 rwxp 00001000 50:02 8614783 /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.0 091ee000-09271000 rw-p 091ee000 00:00 0 [heap] b7b00000-b7b21000 rw-p b7b00000 00:00 0 b7b21000-b7c00000 ---p b7b21000 00:00 0 b7c6d000-b7c71000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950354 /usr/local/samba/var/locks/netsamlogon_cache.tdb b7c71000-b7cb3000 rw-p b7c71000 00:00 0 b7cb3000-b7cb4000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950345 /usr/local/samba/var/locks/group_mapping.tdb b7cb4000-b7cb5000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950346 /usr/local/samba/var/locks/account_policy.tdb b7cb5000-b7cb6000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950348 /usr/local/samba/var/locks/ntprinters.tdb b7cb6000-b7cb7000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950347 /usr/local/samba/var/locks/ntdrivers.tdb b7ccc000-b7cce000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950334 /usr/local/samba/private/secrets.tdb b7cce000-b7cde000 r--s 00000000 50:02 950319 /usr/local/samba/lib/valid.dat b7cde000-b7ce4000 r--s 00000000 50:02 8614426 /usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache b7ce4000-b7ee4000 r--p 00000000 50:02 8614205 /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive b7ee4000-b7f04000 r--s 00000000 50:02 950317 /usr/local/samba/lib/lowcase.dat b7f04000-b7f24000 r--s 00000000 50:02 950318 /usr/local/samba/lib/upcase.datb7f24000-b7f28000 rw-p b7f24000 00:00 0 b7f28000-b7f29000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950349 /usr/local/samba/var/locks/ntforms.tdb b7f29000-b7f2c000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950339 /usr/local/samba/var/locks/connections.tdb b7f2c000-b7f2d000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950338 /usr/local/samba/var/locks/sessionid.tdb b7f2d000-b7f2e000 rw-s 00000000 50:02 950336 /usr/local/samba/var/locks/messages.tdb b7f2e000-b7f2f000 rw-p b7f2e000 00:00 0 bf919000-bf92d000 rwxp bf919000 00:00 0 [stack] bf92d000-bf92f000 rw-p bf92d000 00:00 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# .......... Any suggestions are welcome as to what caused this and how to fix it. Thanks.
On 29.10-10:46, William Chan wrote:> > I have been using samba on a linux box like this for years. Users do not > have any problem accessing the linux files. However I have noticed that the > number of smbd processes keeps growing. This phenomenon also occurred > earlier when I > was using samba 3.0.25 >Can you check if you have lots of open sockets in CLOSE_WAIT state? (netstat -na)? I had this problem for the first time last week. It occured three times so far. It seemed Samba wasn't terminating the smbd processes anymore after the FIN packets arrived from the clients. We're at 3.0.25b. Chris -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Christoph Kaegi kaph@zhaw.ch ----------------------------------------------------------------------