[Samba] Two nmbd processes on 2.2.6
jpulz at frm2.tu-muenchen.de
jpulz at frm2.tu-muenchen.de
Fri Oct 18 18:01:02 GMT 2002
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On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Noel Kelly wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have downloaded and compiled 2.2.6 to replace my 2.2.6pre.
>
> I spent a large part of the day debugging the startup script because it
> seemed to always be starting two nmbd processes instead of one.
>
> Eventually I tried running just /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd - and still got
> two nmbd processes. Is this correct behaviour?
>
> On the first server (Dell 4600) I thought it might be because it has one of
> the new hyperthreading BIOS which makes Linux believe it has dual
> processors. The machine also had two NICs - one for each card?
>
> However, I tried in on my old PII 233 single processor and single NIC and
> sure enough two nmbds get started.
>
> Have I missed something? Are there supposed to be two running these days?
> I simply compiled with the usual parameters (./configure --with-smbmount
> --with-utmp --with-msdfs --with-automount) and have made sure only one nmbd
> exists on the system.
>
> Any ideas anyone?
>
> Cheers
> Noel
it's because
wins support = yes
in yous smb.conf file..
if wins support is set to yes then two nmbd's are running. if you set it
to no it is only one nmbd..
joerg
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