[Samba] Log rotation issue

[Achim Gottinger]

Am 01.12.2017 um 11:36 schrieb Anantha Raghava via samba:
> Hi,
>
> Continuing on the same subject, the VARIABLE SUBSTITUTIONS are not 
> working. for example, I want to have the date & time attached to the 
> samba log file. Hence I modified the smb.conf
>
> log file = /var/log/samba/samba.%T.log
>
> The file with name "samba.%T.log" gets created in /var/log/samba 
> folder and %T will not get substituted with current date & time.
>
> I request for your guidance to correct this part. Also the samba 
> continues to write into .old file as well and not finding any means to 
> correct it.
>
>
> Many thanks for your guidance in advance.
>
I'll give it another try.

See here about your logfile issue 
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12935. As I laready wrote, 
using copytruncate for logrotate fixed that issue for me. I also assume 
your system does not use systemd.
I do not use variables so someone else may jump in here.

Sincere,
Achim~