-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 opensuse v11.3 linux 2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop x86_64 samba Version 3.5.4-5.3.1-2489-SUSE-SL11.3 These message have started appearing the system logs </var/log/messages and /var/log/warn> since Mar 2, 2011. They seem to occur about every 13 minutes (780 seconds). What could it mean? Is it serious? - ----[ sample log entries ]---- Mar 9 20:15:50 sma-station14l smbd[3711]: [2011/03/09 20:15:50.196387, 0] smbd/server.c:281(remove_child_pid) Mar 9 20:15:50 sma-station14l smbd[3711]: Could not find child 10046 - ignoring Mar 9 20:28:50 sma-station14l smbd[3711]: [2011/03/09 20:28:50.885876, 0] smbd/server.c:281(remove_child_pid) Mar 9 20:28:50 sma-station14l smbd[3711]: Could not find child 10326 - ignoring - ----[ end ]---- - -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk15XmAACgkQzTcr8Prq0ZNZZwCeK6WZVoDHv/28y15ZuLgPFAYI R1cAniIVut9y85gKW8Klq5wipN06kVF7 =7Xyf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/10/2011 04:27 PM, James Moe wrote:> > These message have started appearing the system logs </var/log/messages > and /var/log/warn> since Mar 2, 2011. They seem to occur about every 13 > minutes (780 seconds). What could it mean? Is it serious? > > ----[ sample log entries ]---- > Mar 9 20:15:50 sma-station14l smbd[3711]: [2011/03/09 20:15:50.196387, > 0] smbd/server.c:281(remove_child_pid) > Mar 9 20:15:50 sma-station14l smbd[3711]: Could not find child 10046 - > ignoring > Mar 9 20:28:50 sma-station14l smbd[3711]: [2011/03/09 20:28:50.885876, > 0] smbd/server.c:281(remove_child_pid) > Mar 9 20:28:50 sma-station14l smbd[3711]: Could not find child 10326 - > ignoring > ----[ end ]---- >Huh! No one knows. - -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk1+X60ACgkQzTcr8Prq0ZMCKwCgtTbzKqv44gRmMFKHe9+LRyDw Vt0AnRLajhAiZQawH3moISw1pcxFZ5M+ =kCx1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:34:21 -0700 James Moe <jimoe at sohnen-moe.com> wrote:> > > > These message have started appearing the system logs </var/log/messages > > and /var/log/warn> since Mar 2, 2011. They seem to occur about every 13 > > minutes (780 seconds). What could it mean? Is it serious? > > > > ----[ sample log entries ]---- > > Mar 9 20:15:50 sma-station14l smbd[3711]: [2011/03/09 20:15:50.196387, > > 0] smbd/server.c:281(remove_child_pid)These harmless messages are emitted by the parent smbd SIGCHLD handler on printcap cache update, see: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666460 A fix is now upstream that increases the level at which these messages are logged. Cheers, David