[Samba] Samba sessions

Wagg, Dave Dave.Wagg at financialinx.com
Tue Apr 17 14:58:13 GMT 2007


Hi,

We have implemented a new AIX 5.3, P55A using Samba...we have about 70
users online most of the day.  We assign a particular Samba share to
everyone when they login so it shows up in their Windows Explorer.  Is
it standard that we see so many "smbd" processes running when I do a "ps
-ef"?  Here is a portion of the output below.  We have been experiencing
lag at times during the day, we are trying to look all options, like
network issues, circuits, routers etc.  I was wondering if this was the
norm for Samba.  Sorry for the email being so big.:

#   ps -ef
#==================================
     UID     PID    PPID   C    STIME    TTY  TIME CMD
    root       1       0   0   Apr 14      -  0:01 /etc/init 
    root   65740  127130   0   Apr 14      -  0:01 sendmail: accepting
connections 
    root   86116  123020   0 09:05:36      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root   90248       1   0   Apr 14      -  0:03
/opt/info/unidata/ud61/bin/sbcs -r 
    root   98446       1   0   Apr 14      -  0:00 /usr/lib/errdemon 
    root  106620  127130   0   Apr 14      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/snmpd 
    root  110708  127130   0   Apr 14      -  0:01 /usr/sbin/syslogd 
    root  114874       1   0   Apr 14      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  118904       1   0   Apr 14   vty0  0:00 /usr/sbin/getty
/dev/console 
    root  123020  127130   0   Apr 14      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/inetd 
    root  127130       1   0   Apr 14      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/srcmstr 
    root  131294       1   0   Apr 14      -  0:04
/opt/freeware/sbin/nmbd -D 
    root  135308       1   0   Apr 14      -  0:00 proftpd: (accepting
connections) 
    root  143512       1   0   Apr 14      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/cron 
    root  147610  127130   0   Apr 14      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/biod 6 
    root  151612  114874   0 08:54:27      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  155818  127130   0   Apr 14      -  0:03
/usr/sbin/rsct/bin/IBM.CSMAgentRMd 
    root  159926  127130   0   Apr 14      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/writesrv 
    root  164038  127130   0   Apr 14      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/qdaemon 
    root  168186  127130   0   Apr 14      -  0:03
/usr/sbin/rsct/bin/rmcd -a IBM.LPCommands -r 
    root  172210       1   0   Apr 14      - 10:13 /usr/bin/xmwlm -L 
flximana  176316  123276   0   Apr 14      -  0:00 defcs 4 3600 0 
    root  180410  127130   0   Apr 14      -  0:00
/usr/sbin/rsct/bin/IBM.HostRMd 
flximana  184506  176316   0   Apr 14      -  2:50 udapi_slave 6 5 0 
    root  188618  127130   0   Apr 14      -  0:00
/usr/sbin/rsct/bin/IBM.ERrmd 
    root  192724  127130   0   Apr 14      -  0:00
/usr/sbin/rsct/bin/IBM.AuditRMd 
    root  196610  123020   0 08:31:13      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
flxmweis  200846  737414   0 08:34:47 pts/20  0:11 udt 
  causer  204830  495878   0 19:59:01      -  0:00 -ksh 
 dsiroot  209068       1   0 07:18:35      -  0:02
/opt/info/unidata/ud61/bin/udt PHANTOM UPDATE.LICENSE 
    root  213156  123020   0 09:52:38      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  221254  114874   0   Apr 15      -  0:01
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  225526  114874   0 08:20:18      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  229540  114874   0 08:20:28      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  233636  114874   0 08:50:01      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  237758  114874   0 08:22:56      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  241802  114874   0   Apr 15      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  245864  114874   0 09:55:34      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  249976  114874   0 08:30:42      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  254132  123020   0 08:35:43      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  258266  114874   0 07:27:21      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
flxjyuen  262376  917708   0 09:07:27 pts/58  0:08 udt 
 dsiroot  266420  991470   1 10:40:27 pts/47  0:00 ps -ef 
    root  270502  114874   0 07:52:44      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  278608  114874   0 08:31:49      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
flxjashl  286896  975054   0 08:42:48 pts/22  0:00 udt 
    root  291036  114874   0 08:37:56      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  295134  123020   0 09:50:52      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  299082  123020   0 09:25:45      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  303228  123020   0 08:42:30      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
flxsjaya  307310  364660   0 09:11:42 pts/43  0:05 udt 
    root  311334  114874   0 08:22:08      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  315444  114874   0 07:10:28      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  319536  114874   0 09:01:43      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
flxlpere  323602  794786   0 08:07:26 pts/18  0:04 udt 
    root  327690  114874   0 09:02:34      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  331794  123020   0 09:52:37      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  336054  114874   0 08:29:35      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
flxdyaxl  340140 1028206   0 10:00:15 pts/50  0:01 udt 
    root  344178  123020   0 10:39:33      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
flxsguer  352320  299082   0 09:25:46 pts/59  0:01 udt 
    root  356586  114874   0 08:58:17      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  360676  114874   0 08:38:24      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  364660  123020   0 09:11:42      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  368888  114874   0 08:05:52      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  372818  114874   0 08:53:50      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
flxcfide  376994  880674   0 09:02:45 pts/54  0:09 udt 
    root  381032  114874   0 08:55:30      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  385278  114874   0 09:10:19      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  389322  114874   0 08:51:11      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
flxmdipi  393434  950442   0 09:58:56 pts/40  0:00 udt 
    root  397530  114874   0 10:37:00      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  401650  114874   0 08:39:43      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
flxmpobl  405552  254414   0 10:14:34 pts/53  0:15 udt 
  causer  413722  168426   0 19:58:56      -  0:00 -ksh 
    root  418044  123020   0 10:12:34      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  422124  114874   0 09:21:09      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
flxrstro  426148   86116   0 09:05:37  pts/5  0:02 udt 
    root  430086  123020   0 10:27:40      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  434374  114874   0 07:45:12      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  438490  114874   0 08:08:47      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  442616  123020   0 09:04:13      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  446504  123020   0 09:21:48      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  450628  123020   0 10:39:13      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  454664  114874   0 07:55:02      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  458832  114874   0 10:21:57      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  463100  123020   0 08:03:58      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  467138  123020   0 10:25:25      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  471104  114874   0 08:16:02      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
flxcmart  475282  573684   0 08:14:45 pts/24  0:02 udt 
flxgkfou  479440  491692   0 10:03:02 pts/30  0:02 udt 
flxaajod  483366 1040430   0 10:09:32  pts/6  0:00 udt 
    root  487552  123020   0 08:35:08      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  491692  123020   0 10:03:01      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  495796  114874   0 08:26:25      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
flxnrach  499914  299430   0 09:02:19 pts/52  0:00 udt 
    root  503986  114874   0 08:31:53      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  508014  114874   0 08:31:37      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  512026  123020   0 10:14:49      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  516294  123020   0 09:43:51      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  520360  114874   0 08:07:00      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  524508  114874   0 08:30:49      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  528588  123020   0 08:12:38      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  532668  123020   0 08:25:02      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  536638  114874   0 08:51:18      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
flxmhowa  540904  843994   0 08:31:27 pts/32  0:06 udt 
flxscole  544966  491854   0 09:19:47 pts/60  0:01 udt 
    root  548910  114874   0 08:14:38      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  553028  114874   0 08:26:04      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  557200  114874   0 08:10:59      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  561194  114874   0 08:08:02      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  565248  114874   0 08:28:34      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  569362  114874   0 07:48:21      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  573684  123020   0 08:14:44      -  0:00 telnetd -a 
    root  577632  114874   0 08:11:20      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  581878  114874   0 08:54:13      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  585866  114874   0 08:31:23      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  589958  114874   0 09:02:58      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  593936  114874   0 07:54:03      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  598084  114874   0 08:20:27      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  602168  114874   0 07:59:00      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  606280  114874   0 09:01:34      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  610538  114874   0 08:30:26      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  614462  114874   0 08:30:19      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  618596  114874   0 07:51:52      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  622632  114874   0 08:30:01      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 
    root  626706  114874   0 08:27:10      -  0:00
/opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -D 


Thanks
Dave



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