Bug 4143 - inappropriate log levels in nmbd
Summary: inappropriate log levels in nmbd
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Samba 3.0
Classification: Unclassified
Component: nmbd (show other bugs)
Version: 3.0.9
Hardware: x86 Linux
: P3 minor
Target Milestone: none
Assignee: Samba Bugzilla Account
QA Contact: Samba QA Contact
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2006-10-03 06:55 UTC by Mikel Ward
Modified: 2023-07-26 20:38 UTC (History)
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modify log levels in nmbd source code (6.54 KB, patch)
2006-10-03 06:56 UTC, Mikel Ward 		no flags Details
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Description Mikel Ward 2006-10-03 06:55:33 UTC 
On my Debian system running Samba 3.0.23, nmbd sends a lot of log
messages to the system log at "error" priority when it starts up.
There are a total of 44 lines, including messages like:

Oct  3 20:15:52 eagle nmbd[8656]:   *****
Oct  3 20:15:52 eagle nmbd[8656]:
Oct  3 20:15:52 eagle nmbd[8656]:   Samba server EAGLE is now a domain master browser for workgroup ENDBRACKET on subnet 192.168.1.254
Oct  3 20:15:52 eagle nmbd[8656]:
Oct  3 20:15:52 eagle nmbd[8656]:   *****

I noticed this when trying to set up automated notification of
important error messages by sending log messages at error priority or
higher to my mobile phone by SMS.  As you can imagine, I got a lot of
SMSs.

Samba's syslog support says that the Samba debug levels should be
mapped to syslog priorities as follows:
  0  = error
  1  = warning
  2  = notice
  3  = info
  4+ = debug

This seems to be more or less followed by most of Samba, but not very
well by nmbd.
Comment 1 Mikel Ward 2006-10-03 06:56:17 UTC 
Created attachment 2170 [details]
modify log levels in nmbd source code

The attached patch aims to fix the most obvious and frequently
occurring messages.  After it is applied, only error messages will be
logged at LOG_ERR, while other messages will be logged at more
appropriate (lower) priorities so they can be handled properly in
/etc/syslog.conf.
Comment 2 Mikel Ward 2008-01-30 06:26:49 UTC 
Is there any update on this?  Do you need me to do something more?
Comment 3 Samba QA Contact 2023-06-16 21:24:04 UTC 
This bug was referenced in samba master:

b6049a30127ee3851faad62b4b57d1e8e674bc98
5181b1c8cb653d9085a1d55a1fe69f8526ce9123
2fbd773a515fe4b5e1e26a250d64d69019947b7d
1186ec227daf09e60fbd6a53ce54506d04fe7a65
Comment 4 Björn Jacke 2023-06-18 11:10:03 UTC 
will be fixed with the upcoming 4.19 relrease