Re: [cobalt-users] errors occured while rotating /var/log/samba/log.smb

[shimi <shimi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Dan Wagar wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I get this error every Sunday:
> 
> errors occured while rotating /var/log/samba/log.smb
> 
> error running postrotate script
> 
> I think that Samba allows Windows machines to see the directory
> structure on the cube (at least a part of it -aka Windows File sharing)
> and this sounds like a weekly cron job that is trying to rotate these
> logs but: 
> 
> Why are they being rotated (and to where)?
> 
So they won't fill up your drive. To the same directory, with a name
indicating they're old.

> Is this something I should worry about?

Not in my opinion.
 
> I had only switched on Windows file sharing for a short while, months
> ago, and then deselected it. So, I don't know why it would be logging.
> Any light shed on this would be appreciated. Thanks,
> 

It's not logging. But since there's an error rotating it, the original log
stays intact, and the automatic job scheduler (crond) is trying to rotate
it every time again...

It's a normal error on cobalts (for me, at least) but i think one of the
updates fixed it. Did you install all of them?

> Dan Wagar
> danw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
- shimi.