over a hundred smbd processes running.

Andrew Tridgell tridge at samba.anu.edu.au
Sun Aug 30 12:33:59 GMT 1998


> ok, i don't have gdb or anything else.  however, smbstatus shows only
> those processes that i would expect: the six or so computers / users
> logged in.  it doesn't show up the other sixty smbd processes in a "Z"
> state that ps -aux | grep mb lists.

ahh, they are in Z state, presumably "zombie". This means we aren't
reaping child processes correctly.

I'll have a look at it and see if I can spot the problem.


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