[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#558453: 558453: samba memory leak (3.4.3 backport)

[Ross Boylan]

I also encountered severe memory leak in samba 3.4 backported to lenny.
I backported by compiling from source, pulling in various sid
dependencies as needed.  I installed with
# dpkg -i samba-common_3.4.3-1_all.deb
samba-common-bin_3.4.3-1_i386.deb samba-doc-pdf_3.4.3-1_all.deb
samba_3.4.3-1_i386.deb libsmbclient_3.4.3-1_i386.deb
smbclient_3.4.3-1_i386.deb 

Within 2 days smbd had consumed over 2G of memory, bringing the system
to a crawl.  Unfortunately, other processes got killed by the kernel.

I realize this is not a supported configuration, but thought it was
worth a report.

I've gone back to lenny, even though that is giving me excessive
(15--20%) CPU useage.  My only client is a Vista laptop.  It did not
have the HP toolbox installed (although I have installed it today).  I
am not using samba as a domain controller, just file and print services.
Printing, which is the part generating the high CPU, is via CUPS.

Ross Boylan