[Samba] Samba processes

[Martin Pool]

DON'T SEND USER QUESTIONS TO SAMBA-TECHNICAL.

> Just curios under what circumstances the smbd runs as user id process ( unix
> id )

Broadly: it runs as a user when doing operations on behalf of that
user, and as root when doing system tasks.

> and running as root is a security risk?

No.  If you want to offer smb services then it must run as root.  If
you don't need the service don't run the daemon.

-- 
Martin