samba - Jan 2023 - [4.13.13-Debian] " reopen_one_log: Unable to open new log file '/var/log/samba/': Is a directory"?

Hello,

I see this kind of message in /var/log/samba/log.nmbd

[2023/01/11 10:04:49.943723,? 0] ../../lib/util/debug.c:1104(reopen_one_log)
reopen_one_log: Unable to open new log file '/var/log/samba/': Is a 
directory

Here's what I have in smb.conf:

smb.conf: log file = /var/log/samba/%m

Or can I fix that error?

Thank you.

11.01.2023 12:48, Gilles via samba wrote:
> [2023/01/11 10:04:49.943723,? 0]
../../lib/util/debug.c:1104(reopen_one_log)
> reopen_one_log: Unable to open new log file '/var/log/samba/': Is a
directory
> smb.conf: log file = /var/log/samba/%m
some daemons work without client information, ie, they're not
client-specific.
These will try to open log files too. Without client info, "%m"
expands to
nothing, to an empty string. So you'll have the error message like that.

Fix your log file setting. Check what's the default for this.

/mjt