[Samba] Confiming Logs are "Normal"

Christof Schmitt
Wed, 26 Jan 2022 23:21:18 -0000

On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 04:47:41PM -0500, ralph strebbing via samba
wrote:
> So following an article to enable User Identification on our PaloAlto,
> I'm noticing some new logs in syslog, notably:
> Jan 26 16:43:26 dc2 sh[3158324]: lpcfg_do_global_parameter: WARNING:
> The "syslog" option is deprecated
[...]
>
> I understand the syslog option on smb.conf is deprecated, in this
> instance, what should I do to still route these to the remote syslog
> server?

The same behavior is available through the "logging" parameter, which
is
a bit more flexible with regards of sending log messages to different
targets. See "man smb.conf":

       syslog (G)
[...]

	   The logging parameter should be used instead. When logging is
           set, it overrides the syslog parameter.

and

       logging (G)

	   This parameter configures logging backends. Multiple backends
           can be specified at the same time, with different log levels
           for each backend. The parameter is a list of backends, where each
           backend is specified as backend[:option][@loglevel].
[...]
           Example: logging = syslog at 1 file

So just set "logging" instead of "syslog".

Christof