1Here's something that Paul Blackman sent me that may be useful:
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4I created this script to do a few things that smbstatus doesn't at the
5moment.  Perhaps you might want to include these.  Sorry I haven't
6added things at source level, script was quick&easy.
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8*******
9#!/bin/csh
10if ($1 == "-p") then
11  smbstatus -p |sort -u
12else if ($1 == "-c") then
13  echo There are `smbstatus -p |sort -u |grep -n -v z |grep -c :` unique smbd processes running.
14 else if ($1 == "-l") then
15  echo `date '+ %d/%m/%y %H:%M:%S'` `smbstatus -p |sort -u |grep -n -v z |grep -c :` >>$2
16else if ($1 == "-cs") then
17  echo There are `smbstatus |awk '$1==share {n++;} END {print n}' share=$2` concurrent connections to share: $2
18else if ($1 == "-csl") then
19 echo `date '+ %d/%m/%y %H:%M:%S'` `smbstatus |awk '$1==share {n++;} END {print n}' share=$2` >>$3
20else
21 echo "'smbstat -c'         ==> Count unique smbd processes."
22 echo "'smbstat -p'         ==> List unique smbd processes."
23 echo "'smbstat -l logfile' ==> Append a log entry for the number of"
24 echo "                          concurrent and unique processes to logfile."
25 echo "'smbstat -cs sharename'"
26 echo "                     ==> Count processes connected to sharename (assumed unique)"
27 echo "'smbstat -csl sharename logfile'"
28 echo "                     ==> Append a log entry for the number of concurrent"
29 echo "                         processes connected to sharename (assumed unique)"
30endif
31******
32
33Run this script from cron eg.
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350,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,50,55 * * * * /usr/local/samba/bin/smbstat -l /usr/local/samba/var/smbdcount.log
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37and you get a good idea of usage over time.
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39Cheers,
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