HELP: SMBSTATUS Gives some really strange results

[Dave]

  DEC Alpha, DEC UNIX 4.0, Samba 1.9.17.p4
  When I run smbstatus on this machine, I get a list that goes on forever,
or until a core dump.
  Attached at the end is the first 40 or so lines of the smbstatus. Notice
the pid (completely bogus), the "^E" and the date (Dec 31, 1969 ???).
  This machine has been rebooted several times, so samba should have
cleared up the status file.
  What gives?

Samba version 1.9.17p4
Service      uid      gid      pid     machine
----------------------------------------------
kdost        kdost    mfg      10611   karl     (192.9.202.82) Mon Apr 27
06:53:45 1998

./smbstatus: ERROR: read_share_file: share file
/usr/local/samba/var/locks/share
.-1650307187.1794 is an incorrect length.
./smbstatus: ERROR: read_share_file: share file
/usr/local/samba/var/locks/share
.-1650307187.1793 is an incorrect length.
./smbstatus: ERROR: read_share_file: share file
/usr/local/samba/var/locks/share
.-504591563.10139 is an incorrect length.
Locked files:
Pid    DenyMode   R/W     Name
------------------------------
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Wed Dec 31 15:59:57 1969
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Wed Dec 31 17:00:00 1969
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Wed Dec 31 17:00:00 1969
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
0      DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
0      DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Wed Dec 31 17:00:00 1969
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Wed Dec 31 17:00:00 1969
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
0      DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970
16777216  DENY_DOS   RDONLY  ^E   Mon Jul 13 21:20:16 1970