nmbd keeps flooding my system
 

hi all.

i dont know why, but the entry in the inetd conf file seems to flood the system with nmbd. it's the standard one, i never changed it
right now i have comented it out, and just put the nmbd command in the rc.local file. however that's only a temp solution, i want inet daemon to handle the netbios daemon.

is it possible to make it stop flooding the system.

p.s. smbd doesnt do that, and it's the standard command, i havent changed it.

Have you checked to see if something is happening across the network? I would think that inetd is not going to call the program unless a response is received that would request it. The program tcpdump might prove to be usefull to monitor the traffic on the network interface. If it is high volume server then just run for a short period and capture to a file. Then review the file.

The /etc/services file lists the netbios-ns service on port 137. If the server has configuration for a firewall/port filter then you could temporarily filter the port and enable the service again and see if it is stopped.

If the server here can safely be removed from service briefly, then disconnecting the NIC cable would also stop the traffic. Of course a port request could actually be received on any interface and even from a local program.