samba - Sep 2002 - 2.2.6pre2 (and previous?) "tiny bug" with "log file" attribute

Hi,

I never thought I would need to change the default log
file path, but I had and found a bug.

When changing my default "log file" from

  /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m

to

  /usr/local/samba/var/log/log.%m

there are always files created in the "default compiled"
log directory /usr/local/samba/var when nmbd and smbd
start.

The following ls are right after doing a "stop" and "start":

# ls -l /usr/local/samba/var
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         512 Sep 25 15:23 locks
drwx------   2 root     root         512 Sep 25 15:21 log
-rw-r--r--   1 root     other        478 Sep 25 15:23 log.nmbd
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root         140 Sep 25 15:23 log.smbd
# ls -l /usr/local/samba/var/log
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          80 Sep 25 15:11 log.nmbd
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root           0 Sep 25 15:11 log.smbd

Timestamp of files in /usr/local/samba/var are more recent
cuz "nmbd/smbd" didn't write _yet_ in the other files located
in /usr/local/samba/var/log .

Pierre B.

On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 03:32:09PM -0400, Pierre Belanger wrote about
'[Samba] 2.2.6pre2 (and previous?) "tiny bug" with "log
file" attribute':
> I never thought I would need to change the default log
> file path, but I had and found a bug.
> When changing my default "log file" from
>   /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
> to
>   /usr/local/samba/var/log/log.%m
> there are always files created in the "default compiled"
> log directory /usr/local/samba/var when nmbd and smbd
> start.
Could you post the contents of these files?

Jelmer

Pierre Belanger wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I never thought I would need to change the default log
> file path, but I had and found a bug.
> 
> When changing my default "log file" from
> 
>   /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
> 
> to
> 
>   /usr/local/samba/var/log/log.%m
> 
> there are always files created in the "default compiled"
> log directory /usr/local/samba/var when nmbd and smbd
> start.
Yes - we need to start logging before we have parsed the configuration
file.  There is a lot that can go wrong before we get there, and the
admin needs to have some chance of finding it.  There is a command line
optin if you would prefer, and that is parsed very early.

Andrew Bartlett

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On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Pierre Belanger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I never thought I would need to change the default log
> file path, but I had and found a bug.
> 
> When changing my default "log file" from
> 
>   /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
> 
> to
> 
>   /usr/local/samba/var/log/log.%m
> 
> there are always files created in the "default compiled"
> log directory /usr/local/samba/var when nmbd and smbd
> start.
This has to be the case for log messages written before the log file 
parameter is parsed.  If you want top override from the start, use the -l 
command line parameter.




cheers, jerry
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