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checktravis

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Registered: 2014-07-07

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[SOLVED] why do I have duplicate smbd daemons?

Running arch linux on a goflex home, not a lot of power so I would like to make it as optimized as possible.

ps -A shows 3 smbd, but one nmbd

  389 ?        00:00:03 nmbd
  393 ?        00:00:04 smbd
  394 ?        00:00:01 smbd
10577 ?        00:00:00 smbd

Is this normal?

Thanks for any advice.

Last edited by checktravis (2014-07-07 15:49:25)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: [SOLVED] why do I have duplicate smbd daemons?

Do these processes take up much memory and cpu?

checktravis

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Registered: 2014-07-07

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Re: [SOLVED] why do I have duplicate smbd daemons?

it's in the top of the memory users:

ID       Owner       Size       Command   
117    mysql    523352 kB    /usr/bin/mysqld --pid-file=/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
300    everything    82344 kB    /usr/bin/transmission-daemon -f --log-error
318    root    50868 kB    /usr/bin/minidlnad -P /run/minidlna/minidlna.pid
332    root    33596 kB    /usr/bin/smbd -D
341    root    33596 kB    /usr/bin/smbd -D

nomorewindows

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Re: [SOLVED] why do I have duplicate smbd daemons?

Many processes take up multiple instances.  With inetd, it would be the primary process and then start a new fork for each new connection (telnet, ftp, smb, etc.).  Maybe run systemctl status smbd?

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checktravis

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Registered: 2014-07-07

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Re: [SOLVED] why do I have duplicate smbd daemons?

systemctl status smbd -l
? smbd.service - Samba SMB/CIFS server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/smbd.service; enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Mon 2014-07-07 10:50:39 EDT; 53min ago
  Process: 317 ExecStart=/usr/bin/smbd -D (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 332 (smbd)
   CGroup: /system.slice/smbd.service
           ├─ 332 /usr/bin/smbd -D
           ├─ 341 /usr/bin/smbd -D
           └─1354 /usr/bin/smbd -D

That makes sense. I have installed/uninstalled so many times I just wanted to make sure it was as clean as it can be.

Thanks for the help