Users running as root, but reported as user in smbstatus

Mike Fedyk mfedyk at matchmail.com
Tue Oct 31 19:31:52 GMT 2000


Hi

I have several users accessing a samba 2.0.7 running on a debian potato box on
x86.

The output of smbstatus, say each user is running as that user:

Samba version 2.0.7
Service      uid      gid      pid     machine
----------------------------------------------
duane        duane    mmp      16733   duane    (10.0.0.121) Tue Oct 31 09:39:38
2000
mikef        mikef    mmp       9156   mike-f   (10.0.0.132) Mon Oct 30 17:11:55
2000
Applicatio   duane    mmp      16733   duane    (10.0.0.121) Tue Oct 31 09:39:42
2000
common_fil   horacio  mmp       1610   horacio  (10.0.0.103) Mon Oct 30 08:29:04
2000
common_fil   duane    mmp      16733   duane    (10.0.0.121) Tue Oct 31 09:39:43
2000
Applicatio   cyndi    mmp      15538   cyndi    (10.0.0.16) Tue Oct 31 08:01:01
2000
salvador     salvador mmp       9065   chava    (10.0.0.107) Mon Oct 30 17:03:40
2000
Applicatio   mikef    mmp       9156   mike-f   (10.0.0.132) Mon Oct 30 17:12:01
2000
Applicatio   salvador mmp       9065   chava    (10.0.0.107) Mon Oct 30 17:04:12
2000
common_fil   mikef    mmp       9156   mike-f   (10.0.0.132) Mon Oct 30 17:12:21
2000
mikep        mikep    mmp      15655   mike_p   (10.0.0.106) Tue Oct 31 08:19:33
2000
Applicatio   sharon   mmp      16178   sharon   (10.0.0.17) Tue Oct 31 09:04:22
2000
Applicatio   mikep    mmp      15655   mike_p   (10.0.0.106) Tue Oct 31 08:19:50
2000
tj           tj       mmp        623   tj       (10.0.0.108) Fri Oct 27 15:42:59
2000
common_fil   tj       mmp        623   tj       (10.0.0.108) Fri Oct 27 15:43:06
2000
Applicatio   tj       mmp        623   tj       (10.0.0.108) Fri Oct 27 15:43:06
2000
common_fil   salvador mmp       9065   chava    (10.0.0.107) Mon Oct 30 17:04:12
2000
common_fil   mikep    mmp      15655   mike_p   (10.0.0.106) Tue Oct 31 08:19:49
2000
marco        marco    mmp      16764   marco-c  (10.0.0.105) Tue Oct 31 09:40:26
2000
operator     operator mmp      15847   gaby     (10.0.0.111) Tue Oct 31 08:35:55
2000
jennifer     jennifer mmp      15848   jennifer (10.0.0.128) Tue Oct 31 08:35:57
2000
common_fil   operator mmp      15847   gaby     (10.0.0.111) Tue Oct 31 08:36:21
2000
horacio      horacio  mmp       1610   horacio  (10.0.0.103) Mon Oct 30 08:28:12
2000
Applicatio   operator mmp      15847   gaby     (10.0.0.111) Tue Oct 31 08:36:21
2000
Applicatio   jennifer mmp      15848   jennifer (10.0.0.128) Tue Oct 31 08:36:21
2000
Applicatio   horacio  mmp       1610   horacio  (10.0.0.103) Mon Oct 30 08:29:05
2000
common_fil   jennifer mmp      15848   jennifer (10.0.0.128) Tue Oct 31 08:36:23
2000
common_fil   marco    mmp      16764   marco-c  (10.0.0.105) Tue Oct 31 09:40:42
2000
Applicatio   marco    mmp      16764   marco-c  (10.0.0.105) Tue Oct 31 09:40:42
2000
Applicatio   virginia mmp      16023   virginia (10.0.0.190) Tue Oct 31 08:50:24
2000
marcou       marcou   mmp       1692   marco-u  (10.0.0.102) Mon Oct 30 08:34:57
2000
common_fil   marcou   mmp       1692   marco-u  (10.0.0.102) Mon Oct 30 08:35:13
2000
Applicatio   marcou   mmp       1692   marco-u  (10.0.0.102) Mon Oct 30 08:35:18
2000
jorgeh       jorgeh   mmp       1974   jorge    (10.0.0.104) Mon Oct 30 08:58:40
2000
Applicatio   jorgeh   mmp       1974   jorge    (10.0.0.104) Mon Oct 30 08:58:54
2000
common_fil   jorgeh   mmp       1974   jorge    (10.0.0.104) Mon Oct 30 08:58:54
2000
Applicatio   hector   mmp      15907   hector   (10.0.0.131) Tue Oct 31 08:40:54
2000
common_fil   hector   mmp      15907   hector   (10.0.0.131) Tue Oct 31 08:40:54
2000
Applicatio   chris    mmp      18347   chris    (10.0.0.141) Tue Oct 31 11:22:10
2000
operator     operator mmp      16241   dp5      (10.0.0.64) Tue Oct 31 09:08:32
2000
operator     operator mmp       2040   printer-2140 (10.0.0.67) Mon Oct 30
09:01:56 2000
common_fil   operator mmp       2040   printer-2140 (10.0.0.67) Mon Oct 30
09:02:05 2000
Applicatio   operator mmp       2040   printer-2140 (10.0.0.67) Mon Oct 30
09:02:06 2000
Applicatio   operator mmp      16241   dp5      (10.0.0.64) Tue Oct 31 09:08:49
2000
common_fil   operator mmp      16241   dp5      (10.0.0.64) Tue Oct 31 09:08:49
2000
Applicatio   operator mmp      17781   manuel   (10.0.0.110) Tue Oct 31 10:46:49
2000
Applicatio   allison  mmp      17586   quennie  (10.0.0.68) Tue Oct 31 10:34:11
2000
Applicatio   danny    mmp      17590   danny    (10.0.0.150) Tue Oct 31 10:34:33
2000


If I do a ps axu on those same processes:

11:25:58 mikef at gateway:/var/log$ ps axu|grep [s]mbd
root       281  0.0  1.0  2932 1392 ?        S    Oct27   0:00 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
root       623  0.0  1.2  4192 1624 ?        S    Oct27   0:41 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
root      1610  0.0  1.3  4084 1708 ?        S    Oct30   0:00 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
root      1692  0.0  1.5  4180 2008 ?        S    Oct30   0:10 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
root      1974  0.0  1.4  4116 1808 ?        S    Oct30   0:02 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
root      2040  0.0  1.3  4084 1712 ?        S    Oct30   0:00 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
salvador  9065  0.0  1.4  4116 1880 ?        S    Oct30   0:15 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
mikef     9156  0.0  1.5  4144 1960 ?        S    Oct30   0:05 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
root     15538  0.0  1.4  4120 1804 ?        S    08:01   0:00 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
root     15655  0.2  1.4  4172 1904 ?        S    08:19   0:29 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
operator 15847  0.0  1.4  4136 1816 ?        S    08:35   0:00 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
root     15848  0.0  1.4  4120 1868 ?        S    08:35   0:00 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
root     15907  0.0  1.4  4176 1924 ?        S    08:40   0:00 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
root     16023  0.0  1.3  4116 1776 ?        S    08:50   0:00 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
sharon   16178  0.0  1.4  4120 1804 ?        S    09:04   0:00 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
root     16241  0.0  1.3  4100 1728 ?        S    09:08   0:00 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
root     16733  0.0  1.3  4100 1732 ?        S    09:39   0:00 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
root     16764  0.4  1.4  4172 1904 ?        S    09:40   0:25 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
root     17586  0.0  1.3  4116 1780 ?        S    10:34   0:00 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
root     17590  0.0  1.3  4100 1772 ?        S    10:34   0:00 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
root     17781  0.0  1.4  4168 1868 ?        S    10:46   0:01 /usr/sbin/smbd -D
root     18347  0.0  1.3  4100 1772 ?        S    11:22   0:00 /usr/sbin/smbd -D

Why?

Is this normal?  I don't understand why some smbd processes are running as the
user and some aren't.

smb.conf available on request.
-- 

Mike Fedyk                   "They that can give up essential liberty
Information Systems           to obtain a little temporary safety
Match Mail Productions Inc.   deserve neither liberty nor safety."
mfedyk at matchmail.com                                   Ben Franklin




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