Ilia Thanks for your message - interestingly - yours was the only response I got from this. I understand the "logwatch" part but I am still very concerned about the rest of the "invalid key" and "couldn't find service" errors.
Rgds Nigel. On Sat, 2005-07-02 at 22:03, Ilia Chipitsine wrote: > > Greetings > > > > We just updated two RH9 servers to 3.0.14a-1 and are still seeing a lot > > of errors in the logs. > > > > They're not stopping us working but I would _really_ like to understand > > what is causing them. > > those entries are not known to LogWatch. nothing is wrong with samba. > it just says something to logs, which is not known for LogWatch. > > truth to be told, samba logs are rarely useful, I'd more like the way, > apache httpd and sendmail logs work. Just few looks and everything is > clear. > > > > > On the first server, in the logwatch, we get a whole swag of: > > > > samba: > > Unknown Entries: > > session opened for user janicer by (uid=0): 6 Time(s) > > session opened for user sonjap by (uid=0): 8 Time(s) > > session opened for user heatherf by (uid=0): 1 Time(s) > > session closed for user georgev: 122 Time(s) > > session closed for user heatherf: 1 Time(s) > > session opened for user karens by (uid=0): 3 Time(s) > > session closed for user margaretn: 1 Time(s) > > session opened for user johnw by (uid=0): 1 Time(s) > > session opened for user connieg by (uid=0): 3 Time(s) > > session closed for user janicer: 6 Time(s) > > session closed for user lindaa: 1 Time(s) > > session opened for user yanal by (uid=0): 2 Time(s) > > session opened for user wendym by (uid=0): 3 Time(s) > > > > I don't understand why these should be "Unknown Entries" and would > > really like to . > > > > Then I see a whole load of: > > > > mbd/dir.c:dptr_close(271) Invalid key 256 given to dptr_close : 33 > > Time(s) > > smbd/dir.c:dptr_close(271) Invalid key 257 given to dptr_close : 32 > > Time(s) > > smbd/dir.c:dptr_close(271) Invalid key 258 given to dptr_close : 26 > > Time(s) > > smbd/dir.c:dptr_close(271) Invalid key 259 given to dptr_close : 26 > > Time(s) > > smbd/dir.c:dptr_close(271) Invalid key 260 given to dptr_close : 26 > > Time(s) > > smbd/dir.c:dptr_close(271) Invalid key 261 given to dptr_close : 25 > > Time(s) > > smbd/dir.c:dptr_close(271) Invalid key 262 given to dptr_close : 26 > > Time(s) > > smbd/dir.c:dptr_close(271) Invalid key 263 given to dptr_close : 26 > > Time(s) > > smbd/dir.c:dptr_close(271) Invalid key 264 given to dptr_close : 26 > > Time(s) > > smbd/dir.c:dptr_close(271) Invalid key 265 given to dptr_close : 26 > > Time(s) > > smbd/dir.c:dptr_close(271) Invalid key 266 given to dptr_close : 26 > > Time(s) > > smbd/dir.c:dptr_close(271) Invalid key 267 given to dptr_close : 26 > > Time(s) > > smbd/dir.c:dptr_close(271) Invalid key 268 given to dptr_close : 26 > > Time(s) > > smbd/dir.c:dptr_close(271) Invalid key 269 given to dptr_close : 26 > > Time(s) > > smbd/dir.c:dptr_close(271) Invalid key 270 given to dptr_close : 26 > > Time(s) > > > > And I _mean_ a whole load of them - this is just a quick extract > > > > And then finally I see a swag of: > > > > smbd/service.c:make_connection(794) pc001 (192.168.0.201) couldn't find > > service : 2676 Time(s) > > smbd/service.c:make_connection(794) pc002 (192.168.0.202) couldn't find > > service : 11011 Time(s) > > smbd/service.c:make_connection(794) pc003 (192.168.0.203) couldn't find > > service : 1948 Time(s) > > smbd/service.c:make_connection(794) pc004 (192.168.0.204) couldn't find > > service : 1918 Time(s) > > smbd/service.c:make_connection(794) pc005 (192.168.0.205) couldn't find > > service : 2 Time(s) > > smbd/service.c:make_connection(794) pc007 (192.168.0.207) couldn't find > > service : 1 Time(s) > > smbd/service.c:make_connection(794) pc008 (192.168.0.208) couldn't find > > service : 2598 Time(s) > > smbd/service.c:make_connection(794) pc012 (192.168.0.212) couldn't find > > service : 9503 Time(s) > > smbd/service.c:make_connection(794) pc013 (192.168.0.213) couldn't find > > service : 1154 Time(s) > > smbd/service.c:make_connection(794) pc014 (192.168.0.214) couldn't find > > service : 1190 Time(s) > > smbd/service.c:make_connection(794) pc015 (192.168.0.215) couldn't find > > service : 1782 Time(s) > > > > Okay - I admit to total confusion. > > > > We run Samba in our own office (this is on a customers site btw) and I > > have never had problems like this before. > > > > Should I also post my smb.conf? > > > > Whilst I don't expect a miracle, can someone please (gently) point me in > > the right direction and suggest where I might start to look for the > > answers? > > > > TIA > > > > Nigel. > > > > > > -- > > Nigel Allen, Snr Consultant, ProSmart Consulting Australia > > 48 Tiarri Avenue, Terrey Hills, NSW 2084, Australia > > Tel: +61 2 9450 2690 Fax: +61 2 9450 2691 Mob: +61 4 1494 5269 > > http://www.prosmart.com.au > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > -- Nigel Allen, Snr Consultant, ProSmart Consulting Australia 48 Tiarri Avenue, Terrey Hills, NSW 2084, Australia Tel: +61 2 9450 2690 Fax: +61 2 9450 2691 Mob: +61 4 1494 5269 http://www.prosmart.com.au -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba