Hi, try changing your log level in the global section of smb.conf to something other than 0. Don -----Original Message----- From: samba2@col7.metta.lk [mailto:samba2@col7.metta.lk] Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 11:19 PM To: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: samba and syslog.conf Hi all, I am running RH6.2. I have set up samba and I can login from PC1 to PC2 to PC3 etc. but cannot see my Samba server. I have this in my /etc/smb.conf but get no logs in samba-log [global] ; Uncomment this if you want a guest account ; guest account = nobody log file = /var/log/samba-log.%m lock directory = /var/lock/samba I do not get any logs in /var/log/samba/... either -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 18 04:02 log.nmb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34139 Feb 11 18:38 log.smb I have no entry in my /etc/syslog.conf do I need an entry in syslog.conf to get samba to log ? help is much appriciated best regards Mettavihari Sri Lanka. testparm result is pasted below. -------------------------------- Load smb config files from /etc/smb.conf Loaded services file OK. Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions # Global parameters workgroup = NARADA-NET netbios name = netbios aliases = server string = Samba 2.0.3 interfaces = bind interfaces only = No security = USER encrypt passwords = No update encrypted = No use rhosts = No min passwd length = 5 map to guest = Never null passwords = No password server = smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd hosts equiv = root directory = / passwd program = /bin/passwd passwd chat = *old*password* %o\n *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed* passwd chat debug = No username map = password level = 1 username level = 0 unix password sync = No log level = 0 syslog = 1 syslog only = No log file = /var/log/samba-log.%m max log size = 5000 timestamp logs = Yes protocol = NT1 read bmpx = Yes read raw = Yes write raw = Yes nt smb support = Yes nt pipe support = Yes nt acl support = No announce version = 4.2 announce as = NT max mux = 50 max xmit = 65535 name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast max packet = 65535 max ttl = 259200 max wins ttl = 518400 min wins ttl = 21600 time server = No change notify timeout = 60 deadtime = 0 getwd cache = Yes keepalive = 300 lpq cache time = 10 max disk size = 0 max open files = 10000 read prediction = No read size = 16384 shared mem size = 1048576 socket options = stat cache size = 50 load printers = No printcap name = lpstat printer driver file = /etc/printers.def strip dot = No character set = mangled stack = 50 coding system = client code page = 850 stat cache = Yes domain groups = domain admin group = domain guest group = domain admin users = domain guest users = machine password timeout = 604800 add user script = delete user script = logon script = logon path = \\%N\%U\profile logon drive = logon home = \\%N\%U domain logons = No os level = 0 lm announce = Auto lm interval = 60 preferred master = No local master = Yes domain master = Yes browse list = Yes dns proxy = Yes wins proxy = No wins server = wins support = No kernel oplocks = Yes ole locking compatibility = Yes smbrun = /usr/bin/smbrun config file = preload = lock dir = /var/lock/samba default service = pub message command = dfree command = valid chars = remote announce = remote browse sync = socket address = 0.0.0.0 homedir map = time offset = 0 unix realname = No NIS homedir = No panic action = comment = Samba Server path = alternate permissions = No revalidate = No username = guest account = metta invalid users = valid users = admin users = read list = write list = force user = force group = read only = Yes create mask = 0744 force create mode = 00 directory mask = 0755 force directory mode = 00 guest only = No guest ok = No only user = No hosts allow = 172.16. EXCEPT 172.16.1.3 hosts deny = status = Yes max connections = 0 min print space = 0 strict sync = No sync always = No print ok = No postscript = No printing = sysv print command = lp -c -d%p %s; rm %s lpq command = lpstat -o%p lprm command = cancel %p-%j lppause command = lp -i %p-%j -H hold lpresume command = lp -i %p-%j -H resume queuepause command = lpc stop %p queueresume command = lpc start %p printer name = printer driver = NULL printer driver location = default case = lower case sensitive = No preserve case = Yes short preserve case = Yes mangle case = No mangling char = ~ hide dot files = Yes delete veto files = No veto files = hide files = veto oplock files = map system = No map hidden = No map archive = Yes mangled names = Yes mangled map = browseable = Yes blocking locks = Yes fake oplocks = No locking = Yes oplocks = Yes strict locking = No share modes = Yes copy = include = exec = postexec = root preexec = root postexec = available = Yes volume = fstype = NTFS set directory = No wide links = Yes follow symlinks = Yes dont descend = magic script = magic output = delete readonly = No dos filetimes = No dos filetime resolution = No fake directory create times = No [homes] comment = Home Directories valid users = metta read only = No create mask = 0750 guest ok = Yes [tmp] comment = Temporary file space path = /tmp valid users = metta read only = No guest ok = Yes [public] comment = Public Stuff path = /home/public read only = No guest ok = Yes print ok = Yes