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

[J. Bakshi]

Thanks a lot,

utmp = no  successfully kill the logout users.



J. Bakshi wrote:
> 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
>
>