[Samba] log.samba missing rotation

[Jones Syue]

Looks like a known issue when running samba as AD DC:
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9673

Perhaps try logrotate service to help rotate log.samba:
https://linux.die.net/man/8/logrotate

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Regards,
Jones Syue | 薛懷宗
QNAP Systems, Inc.


On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 12:26 PM Lorenzo Milesi via samba
<samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
>
> I know about this param, I configured it and log.smbd, log.nmbd and others are rotated, log.samba is not.
>
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> > From: "samba" <samba at lists.samba.org>
> > To: "Lorenzo Milesi" <maxxer at yetopen.it>, "samba" <samba at lists.samba.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 7:29:04 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Samba] log.samba missing rotation
>
> > From man smb.conf:
> >
> > <
> > max log size (G)
> >
> >    This option (an integer in kilobytes) specifies the max size the log
> > file should grow to. Samba periodically checks the size and if it is
> > exceeded it will rename the file, adding a .old extension.
> >
> >    A size of 0 means no limit.
> >
> >    Default: max log size = 5000
> >
> >    Example: max log size = 1000
> >>
> >
> >
> > If you need a more complex rotation, I suppose you will need to configure it
> > with logrotate.
> >
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