On Monday 27 September 2004 10:44, Marco De Vitis wrote: > Il 23/09/2004, alle ore 8:22, John H Terpstra ha scritto: > > Given recent discussion on this list I have just updated the master > > Samba-Docs information regarding the Debug Class (Log Level) settings and > > the audit > > Great, thanks! > > Anyway something is still not clear to me. I quote from the updated howto: > > Logging can take place to the default log file (log.smbd) for all loaded > > VFS modules just be setting in the smb.conf file log level = 0 vfs:x, > > where x is the log level. This will disable general logging while > > activating all logging of VFS module activity at the log level > > specified. > > Apart from "be" -> "by" (I suppose), does this mean that a global log > level of zero is NECESSARY for correct extd_audit logging? Or is it just a > suggestion?
Fixed in the source tree now. - John T. > > Also, this "vfs:x" parameter looks like a global VFS parameter. Does this > mean that any other VFS module which outputs debug information (I don't > know if others exist) will be affected by it? > > > log level = 0 vfs:[012] > > syslog = 0 > > ie: > > log level = 0 vfs:0 > > or log level = 0 vfs:1 > > or log level = 0 vfs:2 > > > > In this example, syslog information will be only critical general samba > > I just tried these settings: > > log file = /var/log/samba/%m.%U.log > syslog = 0 > log level = 0 vfs:2 > max log size = 0 > > ...and restarted samba (3.0.7), but I still get lots of smbd_audit stuff > in syslog, and ONLY in syslog (i.e. not in samba logfiles): open, close, > opendir, rename, chmod... > > > Despite recent criticism regarding the difficulty of establishing > > acceptable > > I'm not critic regarding audit, I'm critic regarding docs about it. ;) > > Let me explain: when using Samba 2.x I expressed on some mailing lists the > desire for good auditing on file access, and I was told that the audit VFS > module in Samba 3 was the answer to my problems. I now finally got to use > Samba 3, but I felt lost regarding the way to obtain usable audit logs, > and so a bit disappointed. > > As far as I can see, this is a fairly popular topic, so maybe it should be > documented in more detail, covering all doubts users seem to express on > the subject. > Anyway your new additions to the howto are already a good step forward, I > now have a clearer idea of what I should do. > > -- > Ciao, > Marco. > > ..."Kid A", Radiohead 2000 -- John H Terpstra Samba-Team Member Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668 Author: The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: 0131453556 Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216 Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971 OpenLDAP by Example, ISBN: 0131488732 Other books in production. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba