[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#424405: Smbd keeps many TCP connections for no good reason (deadtime/keepalive)

[Daniel F. Smith]

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.