On Thursday 04 September 2008 17:47:59 David Mathog wrote: > Our smb.conf file contains: > > log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log > > yet the /var/log/samba directory has all of these: > > smbd.log > log.smbd > nmbd.log > log.nmbd > > I verified that the %m.log forms are from the log file line by > temporarily changing it to foo_%m.log. Using "lsof" I was able to see > that the log.%m forms are from the smbd and nbmd processes. > > Why are these other two forms, which do not respect the "log file" > setting, present?
Because the log.smbd and log.nmbd are created before the daemons have fully parsed smb.conf, so the "log file= parameter has not yet been acted upon. - John T. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
