Matt Anderson
2007-Aug-20 20:03 UTC
[Samba] Log files created for every machine not joined to the domain...
Hello Help, I'm currently running Samba as a PDC (and several BDCs) on our network. The domain is currently in a testing stage and only has a small number (less than 5) machines joined to it. However, when I go to the /var/log/samba directory, there seems to be a log file created for virtually every machine on our network. When I open a few of the log files, it looks like authentication attempts are taking place--against both the local machine and the domain)... why is that? Is it normal for Samba to create log files for machines that aren't yet a part of the domain? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -Matt (BTW - I have the line /var/log/samba/%m.log in my smb.conf file, so I would expect log files to be created for each machine joined to the domain, but not every machine on the entire network)
John Drescher
2007-Aug-20 20:07 UTC
[Samba] Log files created for every machine not joined to the domain...
> I'm currently running Samba as a PDC (and several BDCs) on our network. The > domain is currently in a testing stage and only has a small number (less than 5) > machines joined to it. However, when I go to the /var/log/samba directory, > there seems to be a log file created for virtually every machine on our network. > When I open a few of the log files, it looks like authentication attempts are > taking place--against both the local machine and the domain)... why is that? Is > it normal for Samba to create log files for machines that aren't yet a part of > the domain? >I get log files for every single ip address that tries to contact the samba server even if they are not part of the domain. John