Weird Log entries

[James W. Beauchamp]

Jonathan:
I did a search of /var/log/messages and was able to find the messages that
appeared on the console in that location as well.  I am still baffled by
these things....

Thanks for your response.... I hope someone else can shed some light on
this...

James

----- Original Message -----
From: "JONATHAN W MINER" <Jonathan.W.Miner at lmco.com>
To: "James W. Beauchamp" <jbeauchamp at gesinc.com>
Cc: <samba-ntdom at samba.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 5:55 AM
Subject: Re: Weird Log entries


> Are the messages that you are seeing on the console being logged in any
> of the other log file?  You may want to look at the syslog.conf file to
> determine what classes of messages are being logged to the console.
>
> Another possibility is that these messages are being printed to the
> standard output or standard error of the "smbd" process.  You might try
> starting smbd is this manner:
>
> sh#  smbd -D > /tmp/smbd.stout.log 2> /tmp/smbd.stderr.log
>
> Hopefully someone else on the list will recognize these errors and
> suggest a way to fix the problem that is causing the messages. :-)
>
> "James W. Beauchamp" wrote:
> >
> > Jonathan:
> > I looked and /var/log/messages is there as well as log.nmb and log.smb.
> >
> > James
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "JONATHAN W MINER" <Jonathan.W.Miner at lmco.com>
> > To: "James W. Beauchamp" <jbeauchamp at gesinc.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 2:21 PM
> > Subject: Re: Weird Log entries
> >
> > > James -
> > >
> > > My first guess would be that you don't have one of the log files
> > > defined, and the default is to log to the console...
> > >
> > > "James W. Beauchamp" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi all:
> > > > I have RH Linux 6.2 running samba 2.0.7 and acting as a domain
> > controller
> > > > for winnt and MS95/98 users (10 total).
> > > >
> > > > I have noticed that when my console sits inactive at the login
prompt
> > for
> > > > awhile (I don't know how long - I haven't tried to time it) I get
the
> > > > following messages sort of written over top of the login prompt:
> > > >
> > > > smb_get_length: recv error=5
> > > > smb_request: result -5, setting invalid
> > > > smb_retry: new PID=process number here, generation=5
> > > >
> > > > In trying to find out what this is I have the following things
repeated
> > in
> > > > my log.smb and log.nmb
> > > >
> > > > Gethostbyaddr failed for x.x.x.x (this repeats for all ip's
assigned)
> > > >
> > > > in log.nmb
> > > > process_logon_packet: Logon from x.x.x.x code=0x7
> > > > where x.x.x.x is an NT4 workstation, but it appears for all ip's.
> > > >
> > > > If it helps, all ip's are assigned by DHCP
> > > >
> > > > In spite of this, all seems to work o.k.  Any ideas what this could
be?
> > I
> > > > know it can't be right, but I am stumped.
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > > >
> > > > James
> > > >
> > > > "If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes"
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jonathan Miner - Lockheed Martin EIS/SAI
> > > LM-Xpress: jonathan.w.miner at lmco.com
> > > Phone: 603 885 UNIX - Fax: 603 885 3850
> > > USmail: PO Box 868, NCA01-3719, Nashua, NH 03061-0868
> > >
>
> --
> Jonathan Miner - Lockheed Martin EIS/SAI
> LM-Xpress: jonathan.w.miner at lmco.com
> Phone: 603 885 UNIX - Fax: 603 885 3850
> USmail: PO Box 868, NCA01-3719, Nashua, NH 03061-0868
>
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