[Samba] Log file confusion

Ed Kasky ed at esson.net
Tue Feb 12 15:09:01 GMT 2008


I am currently running Samba 3.0.28.0 from rpm on FC6.  I have the 
following in smb.conf:

log level = 2
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log

Yet, when I start the daemons, I get log.%m:

drwx------  4 root root  4096 Feb 12 06:55 .
drwxrwxr-x 17 root bin   4096 Feb 12 05:02 ..
drwx------  4 root root  4096 Feb  8  2007 cores
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  4269 Feb 12 06:55 log.nmbd
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   872 Feb 12 06:55 log.smbd
drwx------  2 root root 12288 Feb 10 05:00 old
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   569 Feb 12 06:55 smbd.log

I checked for multiple smb.conf files and the init script for 
anything that might indicate a log setting but keep coming up just 
scratching my head.

Does anyone have any light to shed on where the log.%m keeps coming 
from?  Is this something that can be compiled into the package that 
is not over-ridden by the conf?

Thanks in advance for any hints on this.  I know it's a little thing 
but it's driving me nuts...

Ed

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