[Samba] smbd looking for non existent files

[steve]

On Sun, 2013-08-25 at 12:37 +0200, Michael Wood wrote:
> On 24 August 2013 22:39, steve <steve at steve-ss.com> wrote:
>         On Sat, 2013-08-24 at 20:57 +0200, Michael Wood wrote:
>         > Hi
>         >
>         > On 24 August 2013 19:05, steve <steve at steve-ss.com> wrote:
>         >         Hi
>         >         4.0.8 file server in a 4.0.8 domain
>         >
>         >         After a user logs in on a Linux client which is
>         joined to the
>         >         domain,
>         >         smbd is constantly looking for files which don't
>         exist:
>         >
>         >
>         > smbd has no reason to look for those files unless the client
>         asks for
>         > them.
>         >
>         >
>         > I suspect you just need to turn down the debug level a bit.
>         >
>         >         Here is the file server log after a user login to a
>         Linux
>         >         client has
>         >         settled down:
>         >         [2013/08/24 18:43:24.748511,
>         >         3] ../source3/smbd/vfs.c:1140(check_reduced_name)
>         >           check_reduced_name [steve2/.icons/gnome]
>         [/home/users]
>         >  [...]
>         
>         
>         Hi
>         But if I turn the log level down, it's only at 3, that doesn't
>         stop it
>         looking. Does it?
> 
> 
> No, of course not.
>  
>         As you say, steve2/.icons/gnome must be coming from the Linux
>         client.
>         Would it be correct to eliminate samba from this issue? My
>         fear is that
>         scaling this up by replacing windows boxes with Linux is going
>         to grind
>         the whole thing to a halt.
> 
> 
> Since it's the client asking for those files, this will be no
> different if you were running a Windows server.  Except that the
> windows server will not log all the "file not found" messages.
>  
>         Watching tail -f log.smbd is scary.
> 
> 
> Then turn down the log level! :)  Turn it up again if you're having
> problems, of course, but this just looks like normal stuff that you
> should not need to worry about.

Hi

The problem is that each Linux client adds 0.7% to smbd. That's a
constant load. I realise it's not a Samba issue. I'll have to either
switch to another DE or revert the Linux boxes to xp.

Steve