Hi there, On Fri, 27 Mar 2009, Jeremy Allison wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 03:32:18PM +0000, G.W. Haywood wrote: > > > > The testparm utility reports no errors in smb.conf. I have the line > > > > log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m > > > > in smb.conf which I took to mean logs for machines will be written in > > the /var/log/samba directory, but not logs for the daemons. To put my > > mind at rest, should I also expect the daemon logs (or parts of them??) > > to be written there too, or is this a bug, or might this be a symptom > > of my ill-advised tinkering? > > Ill advised thinking :-). All logs will we written in that > directory. Nope. If it's supposed to be that way, then this is a bug. /usr/local/samba/var: drwx------ 5 root staff 4096 2009-03-26 14:30 cores drwxr-sr-x 3 root staff 4096 2009-03-27 14:20 old -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 370 2009-03-27 16:52 log.winbindd -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 360 2009-03-27 16:52 log.smbd -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 2773 2009-03-28 13:37 log.wb-XXX -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 0 2009-03-28 13:39 log.winbindd-idmap -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 133 2009-03-28 13:39 log.winbindd-dc-connect drwxr-sr-x 6 root staff 4096 2009-03-28 17:28 locks -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 103862 2009-03-28 17:33 log.nmbd /var/log/samba: drwx------ 5 root root 4096 2008-06-20 15:01 cores -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 700 2009-03-27 19:26 log.192.168.0.250 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1219 2009-03-27 19:27 log.palatine -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 842 2009-03-28 13:28 log.xxxxxxxxxxx-045 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 350 2009-03-28 13:28 log.192.168.0.16 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1522 2009-03-28 13:39 log.smbd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1025 2009-03-28 13:39 log.0.0.0.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5076 2009-03-28 13:39 log.winbindd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1524 2009-03-28 13:39 log.192.168.0.10 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15998 2009-03-28 17:33 log.server Some files are written to one directory, some to the other. Some (e.g. log.winbindd, log.smbd) change from one to the other after reading the configuration, some (e.g. log.nmbd) don't. -- 73, Ged. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
