[Samba] hundreds of 'smb -D' processes

[Mike Eggleston]

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007, Mike Eggleston might have said:

> On Sat, 11 Aug 2007, Patrick Rynhart might have said:
> 
> > Hi Mike,
> > 
> > I've encountered this one too.  The solution was to add an smbd
> > deadtime. As I understand the issue, XP and Samba don't always agree
> > when an SMB session should be closed.
> > 
> > Try adding:
> > 
> > deadtime = 60
> > 
> > which means "If I don't hear from a client within 60 minutes, assume
> > that the connection is dead and close the smbd process".
> > 
> > Also see my bug report at https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4470
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Patrick
> 
> Wonderful, I'll try that parameter. This morning I have ~950 smbd
> processes on the main samba box.
> 
> Mike

The 'deadtime = 60' parameter seems to be working just fine, thanks.

Mike