Samba Question

[LoadWB]

IIRC, Samba will hold its logs in an open state.  Even if not, the log being modified is the nmbd (name server daemon) log.  Have you looked at the contents?  It may be that some computer on your network is continually querying for machine names.

[LoadWB]

I supposed you could script it.  I've honestly never worked with Samba on any system with a DHCP IP address -- always static.

Aside from the IP issue, you could also just disable logging for nmbd.  You can do it in swat or by adjusting the smb.conf file, though I do not recall the exact parameter to do so.

There's also an option for browse master you'll find somewhere in swat.  A browse master for a work group maintains a list of machines and services offered within that work group, kind-of like a "poor man's" WINS but not quite as I believe SMB/CIFS will still broadcast query for machine names.

Man, I haven't played with this stuff in a LONG time :-)