Hi, the option -l (name of logfile) of smbd is ignored in samba 2.0.6. The reason: In smbd/server.c first the argument of the option is copied to the variable debugf. Then debugf is initialized with SMBLOGFLE (default value). "log file" in the configuration file works. Wolfgang Kretzschmar -- +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Wolfgang Kretzschmar email: Wolfgang.Kretzschmar@abas.de | | ABAS Software AG web : http://www.abas.de | | S?dendstr. 42 | | 76135 Karlsruhe | | Germany | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+