[Samba] Which log file?

Kris Lou
Wed, 09 Sep 2020 22:39:56 -0000

I've found that some embedded devices have older CIFS clients, which can
only talk over SMB1.  So, you can adjust your server to allow it, or look
for another file transport.

Kris Lou
klou at themusiclink.net


On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 3:16 PM Jeremy Allison via samba <
samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 02:35:28PM -0700, Peter Pollock via samba wrote:
> > I have two photocopiers.
> >
> > Both have the facility to can to a file on a file server via smb.
> >
> > Both configured identically.
> >
> > One can write to a samba share, the other cannot (same server, same
> share)
> >
> > I'm searching for a log somewhere that might show me why the write
is
> > failing but I cannot see anything.
> >
> > Which log file on my fileserver would show me if the server is
rejecting
> > the connection, please?
>
> From the smb.conf man page:
>
> log file (G)
>
>            This option allows you to override the name of the Samba log
> file (also known as the debug file).
>
>            This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing you to
> have separate log files for each user or machine.
>
>            No default
>
>            Example: log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
>
> Set it as so, to get a separate log file for the
> incoming machine name.
>
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