[Samba] samba user stays at the syatem !!!

[J. Bakshi]

Ryan Novosielski wrote:
> J. Bakshi wrote:
> > Dear list,
>
> > Here is a very strange problem !!!
>
> > I am using  samba-3.0.25b-1.1.cc in clarkconnect server. No problem to
> > use the samba shares at all. Authentication works with no hitch. But
> > samba users stay at the system. I have just checked with "who" and found
> > there are 250 samba users from 1st of Jan !!!!!
>
> > I tried to fond out the pid by "who -a" and kill those but then it says
> > "no such pid" even I tried *smbstatus* but kill says no such pid. I
> > have really no clue what to do with this problem.  Day by day this
> > system is flooded  with more and more samba users.
> > Kindly suggest what to do. How can I kill those past samba users ?  How
> > can I instruct samba no to have the continue with unlogged users ?
> > Please show me the way.
>
> > thanks
>
> Show us the output of smbstatus. I've seen this before on HP servers. I
> wonder if the users are actually there, connected, or if it is just a
> wtmp/utmp problem.
>

Hello Ryan, Adam and all,

I did not have utime in my global section. As Adam suggested I have
included it.

Ryan The OS is Linux. It is clarconnect server based on Redhat. Below is
the O/P of smbstatus


Global parameter deadtime found in service section!

Samba version 3.0.25b-1.1.cc
PID     Username      Group         Machine
-------------------------------------------------------------------
 4031   sutapa        sutapa        sutapa       (192.168.1.13)
 4043   aftab         aftab         toshiba      (192.168.1.155)

Service      pid     machine       Connected at
-------------------------------------------------------
shared       4043   toshiba       Tue Mar  3 10:41:04 2009
WWW          4031   sutapa        Tue Mar  3 10:37:12 2009
WWW          4043   toshiba       Tue Mar  3 10:37:30 2009

Locked files:
Pid          Uid        DenyMode   Access      R/W       
Oplock           SharePath   Name   Time
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4031         48         DENY_NONE  0x100001    RDONLY    
NONE             /var/www/html  
dustri-verlag/typo3conf/ext/data_masters/pi3   Tue Mar  3 10:54:22 2009
4031         48         DENY_NONE  0x100001    RDONLY    
NONE             /var/www/html   .   Tue Mar  3 10:50:10 2009

Thanks