I just upgraded to 3.0.26a via src rpm and noticed some strange behavior in the log files. I have the following line in my smb.conf: Log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log which worked fine in 3.0.24c. But now when I start the daemons, they write to /var/log/samba/log.%m. Actually, nmbd is writing to one log and smbd is writing to both: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9724 Sep 11 20:15 log.nmbd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 871 Sep 11 20:00 log.smbd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5116 Sep 11 20:00 smbd.log I experienced the same problem a few years back. I went back into the archives and found this: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Saturday 18 September 2004 19:02, Ed Kasky wrote: > I just upgraded to 3.0.7-1 and noticed an slight oddity in the logs now > beig created. In my smb.conf I have: > > log level = 2 > log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log > > Since upgrading I now get two logs for smbd and two for nmbd... > > 114676 Sep 18 07:19 /var/log/samba/log.nmbd > 100728 Sep 18 15:35 /var/log/samba/nmbd.log > 4656 Sep 18 06:34 /var/log/samba/log.smbd > 55035 Sep 18 06:34 /var/log/samba/smbd.log That has been the case since 3.0.0 so far as I can recall. > > I have not seen this with previous versions and was wondering if I might > have done something that I am no taware of in the upgrade to cause this... You are not guilty! :) I see the same thing. Its a known behavior. - John T. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So is this still known behavior? Is there a way to correct this? Ed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randomly Generated Quote (1025 of 1270): The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. -Chinese proverb