[Samba] missing file in logrotate config

Stefan G. Weichinger lists at xunil.at
Mon Nov 27 09:12:22 UTC 2023


Am 28.03.23 um 10:40 schrieb Rowland Penny via samba:
> 
> 
> On 28/03/2023 08:40, Arnaud FLORENT via samba wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>>
>> i am running samba 4.16 as AD-DC controller on Ubuntu 20.04 using 
>> www.corpit.ru/mjt/packages/samba focal/samba-4.16 repository
>>
>>
>> everything is running fine but i have few log files in /var/log/samba/ 
>> are not handl by /etc/logrotate.d/samba
>>
>> log.samba-dcerpcd
>>
>> log.rpcd_classic
>>
>> log.rpcd_winreg
>>
>> log.samba-bgqd
>>
>> log.rpcd_spoolss
>>
>>
>> i guess those files size will not grow more than max log size (default 
>> 5M) setting in smb.conf
>>
>> but i was wondering if I should update my logrotate config to handle 
>> those files
>>
>> or may be /etc/logrotate.d/samba from samba package should be upgraded?
> 
> It sounds like the package requires updating, the samba-dcerpcd binary 
> was introduced at 4.16.0 and it looks like the logrotate package (which 
> has nothing to do with Samba) hasn't been updated accordingly.
> 
> In the meantime, until the package does get updated, I suggest you 
> manually update logrotate.

Could someone share the latest recommended logrotate-stanza for the 
mentioned files?

I saw a filesystem running full in terms of inodes, logrotate created 
bazillions of rotated files somehow.

thanks




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