[URGENT] Samba 4.0.9 smbd slow.

[Rowland Penny]

On 25/09/13 16:05, jplorier at gmail.com wrote:
>
> It's declared but testparm is not showing it. The smb.conf is set as 
> shown in the page you pointed and other 1k pages ;-)
> Just regular local unix user+smbpasswd -a
> About top post, gmail android app uses this format and don't look like 
> there's an option to change it.
> Regards
>
> El sep 25, 2013 9:16 AM, "Rowland Penny" <repenny241155 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:repenny241155 at gmail.com>> escribió:
>
>     On 25/09/13 12:47, Juan Pablo Lorier wrote:
>
>         Hi Rowland,
>
>         You're right.
>
>         This is testparm output (to remove comments and stuff)
>
>         Processing section "[homes]"
>         Processing section "[printers]"
>         Processing section "[Datos]"
>         Loaded services file OK.
>         WARNING: lock directory /var/lock/samba should have
>         permissions 0755 for
>         browsing to work
>         Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
>         Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
>           [global]
>              workgroup = CANAL4
>              server string = NAS Samba %v
>              username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>              unix extensions = No
>              idmap config * : backend = tdb
>              cups options = raw
>
>         [homes]
>              comment = Home Directories
>              valid users = %S
>              read only = No
>              create mask = 0770
>              directory mask = 0770
>              browseable = No
>
>         [printers]
>              comment = All Printers
>              path = /var/spool/samba
>              printable = Yes
>              print ok = Yes
>              browseable = No
>
>         [Datos]
>              path = /disco
>              valid users = @users
>              read only = No
>              create mask = 0770
>              directory mask = 0770
>
>         Regards,
>
>
>         On 25/09/13 07:59, Rowland Penny wrote:
>
>             On 25/09/13 11:02, Juan Pablo Lorier wrote:
>
>                 Hi Ricky,
>
>                 Thanks for the reply. I understand that the team is
>                 working hard to
>                 get to 4.1, but I've been asking since more than 3
>                 weeks and it's the
>                 only support I can get for samba here in Uruguay.
>                 For the restart, I don't have a samba init script, the
>                 sernet install
>                 created 3 scripts for the services: sernet-samba-smbd,
>                 sernet-samba-nmbd and sernet-samba-winbind and if I ps
>                 -ef I see smb
>                 -D service instances, not samba instances.
>                 I'm in my way to work right now and I'll doble check
>                 and let you now
>                 asap.
>                 Regards,
>
>                 El 24/09/13 18:35, Ricky Nance escribió:
>
>                     Hi Juan, please understand that you are not being
>                     ignored, but that
>                     part of the samba team is busy at a very important
>                     meeting right
>                     now. With that being said, what happens when you
>                     compile the git
>                     repo, do you get the same results? Also, you
>                     should be restarting
>                     'samba' not 'smbd' was that just a typo, or are
>                     you restarting smbd?
>                     If so, that could cause issues (if it even works
>                     at all!).
>
>                     Ricky
>
>
>                     On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Juan Pablo Lorier
>                     <jplorier at gmail.com <mailto:jplorier at gmail.com>
>                     <mailto:jplorier at gmail.com
>                     <mailto:jplorier at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
>                     Hi,
>
>                     This is my third post on this matter with only one
>                     kind reply that
>                     sadly
>                     was not helpful. I need help with this problem or
>                     at least an official
>                     reply on samba 4 not being a production level
>                     server solution.
>                     I have installed samba 4.0.9 from sernet, server
>                     on centos 6.4 and
>                     after
>                     a couple of days I need to restart smbd as it
>                     starts to slow down
>                     A LOT
>                     share access. This happens time after time and I
>                     see nothing in
>                     the logs
>                     pointing to anythins usable.
>                     Security is local (no winbind), anything I can
>                     post you to help on
>                     this,
>                     just ask.
>                     Thanks
>
>
>             OK, lets see if I have got this right, you are running
>             sernet samba
>             4.0.9 as a standalone fileserver with something like
>             'passdb backend =
>             tdbsam' in smb.conf, is this correct?
>
>             Whilst you are posting, please post your smb.conf
>
>             Rowland
>
>     From what you have posted, I fail to see how users can
>     authenticate, now bear in mind that I am no expert, I expected to
>     see a passdb backend line, see here:
>     http://www.howtoforge.com/centos-6.4-samba-standalone-server-with-tdbsam-backend.
>
>     Are there any other servers in the workgroup/domain?
>
>     Also, could you please stop 'top posting', it breaks the flow, if
>     you reply to a post at the bottom, it is easier to read and makes
>     more sense.
>
>     Rowland
>
Well if your logs are not showing anything at the moment, try adding 
'log level = 3' to smb.conf, restart smbd and see if this finds your 
problem, you can alter '3' to any number upto, I believe, 10

Rowland