Package: samba Version: 2:4.1.3+dfsg-2 Severity: minor Debian's default smb.conf has the directive log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m which is all well and good. But, other than log.smbd and log.nmbd, none of these are rotated or pruned.
In the "old" days, this never seemed to be a problem, but in modern days of tablets (with apps with CIFS implementations that use a different hostname every time they launch) and IPv6 (with randomly selected privacy addresses), I find that this is causing this directory to grow, at least in number of files, wildly. I see two sensible options: 1) Adjust the logrotate configuration to rotate /var/log/samba/log.*, remove the notifempty, and add nocreate. 2) Add a tmpreaper script that will remove old per-client logs after some reasonable period of time, with appropriate options so that it doesn't eat the main server log files and their rotation history. -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.12-1-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages samba depends on: ii adduser 3.113+nmu3 ii dpkg 1.17.5 ii libasn1-8-heimdal 1.6~git20131117+dfsg-3 ii libbsd0 0.6.0-1 ii libc6 2.17-97 ii libcomerr2 1.42.9-2 ii libhdb9-heimdal 1.6~git20131117+dfsg-3 ii libkdc2-heimdal 1.6~git20131117+dfsg-3 ii libkrb5-26-heimdal 1.6~git20131117+dfsg-3 ii libldb1 1:1.1.16-1 ii libpam-modules 1.1.3-9 ii libpam-runtime 1.1.3-9 ii libpopt0 1.16-8 ii libpython2.7 2.7.6-4 ii libroken18-heimdal 1.6~git20131117+dfsg-3 ii libtalloc2 2.1.0-1 ii libtdb1 1.2.12-1 ii libtevent0 0.9.19-1 ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian12 ii multiarch-support 2.17-97 ii procps 1:3.3.4-2 ii python 2.7.5-5 ii python-dnspython 1.11.1-1 ii python-ntdb 1.0-2 ii python-samba 2:4.1.3+dfsg-2 pn python2.7:any <none> ii samba-common 2:4.1.3+dfsg-2 ii samba-common-bin 2:4.1.3+dfsg-2 ii samba-dsdb-modules 2:4.1.3+dfsg-2 ii samba-libs 2:4.1.3+dfsg-2 ii tdb-tools 1.2.12-1 ii update-inetd 4.43 Versions of packages samba recommends: pn attr <none> ii logrotate 3.8.6-1 pn samba-vfs-modules <none> Versions of packages samba suggests: pn bind9 <none> pn bind9utils <none> pn ctdb <none> pn ldb-tools <none> ii ntp 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3 pn smbldap-tools <none> pn winbind <none> -- Configuration Files: /etc/logrotate.d/samba changed [not included] -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org