[Samba] log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m creates 2 logfiles per
client
Karolin Seeger
ks at sernet.de
Wed May 25 13:42:24 GMT 2005
On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 07:48:29AM -0500, Paul Gienger wrote:
>
> >I wonder why 2 log files per client (log.$IP and log.$NETBIOSNAME) are
> >created when "log file" ist set to "/var/log/samba/log.%m".
> >
> >
> Yep, and it has been covered here before. Basically smbd starts
> creating a log as soon as it sees the connection, with whatever
> information it knows. Very early on it only knows IP, but soon finds
> the name. As soon as it retrieves the name from the client it switches
> to the name log file.
>
> Essentially the result was that this is the intended functionality.
Ok, thanks for your answer!
karolin
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