>>>>> "HP" == HP-USA,ex1 <MCCALL> writes: HP> Hi palme, HP> I don't know anything about the debian distribution, but just to make HP> sure that this isn't some issue with debian standard log directory, and HP> log rollover, or wierd permission issues, maybe you could try this; HP> create a directory called /sambalog and open it wide up; HP> chmod 777 /sambalog HP> Then change your log file entry in smb.conf to be HP> log file = /sambalog/log.%m
HP> and see if you still get the problem with samba not being able to HP> rename the logfiles... HP> Just a thought; maybe we can get some more data to lead us this way... HP> Don I tried it out: # grep -i log /etc/samba/smb.conf log file = /smbtest/smb max log size = 10 wrpc3# ll /smbtest/ insgesamt 11 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10357 Jun 27 13:46 smb wrpc3# ll -d /smbtest/ drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 1024 Jun 27 14:37 /smbtest/ wrpc3# But after restarting smbd, it still uses /var/log/smb (and can't rename it): ll /var/log/smb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10719 Jun 27 16:03 /var/log/smb wrpc3# Things become more and more strange (or do I??) -- ====================================================================== Hubert Palme Bergische Universitaet-Gesamthochschule Wuppertal Computing Center D-42097 Wuppertal E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Germany) http://www.hrz.uni-wuppertal.de/hrz/personen/h_palme.html