Quoting Daniel F. Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Package: samba > Version: 3.0.24-6 > Severity: minor > > Running "netstat -tap" in my environment showed many connections being > fielded by smbd, some probably many weeks old. > > The default configuration revealed that Samba was sending keepalive messages > even though the connections didn't ask for anything that existed (and failed > authentication---they are mostly browser requests and maybe worms). > > Adding "deadtime = 1" to /etc/samba/smb.conf kept the netstat table > manageable. A value of 5 may be more appropriate for general use.
That seems to be upstream's recommendation, yes ("Using this parameter with a
timeout of a few minutes is recommended for most systems").
Any objections from other maintainers if I activate this in the
default provided smb.conf?
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