Core dump on Solaris 2.7 with latest CVS ...

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Anthony Brock wrote:

> I downloaded the latest CVS today (April 26, 9:00 am PST) and recompiled 
> (gcc 2.95.2) on my Sparc Solaris 2.7 (64 Bit).  As usual, I then 
> transferred the compiled binaries to our domain controller (Sparc Solaris 
> 2.7 32 Bit) and installed them.
> 
> Other than periodic slowdowns, the product seems to be working 
> normally.  However, I am still unable to change passwords remotely, and a 
> core dump appears every couple minutes (one every 20-30 minutes) with an 
> associated panic in the log.nmb file.

this does not make me very happy.   compile with debug, do a gdb attach
nmbd, continue.

do a stack trace, print some local variables, on the coredump.
 
> I this something I should be worrying about, or is it expected at this time?

not really.  nmbd is stable code.