Specifications

Conguring SMB Service Logging Settings
Use the Logging pane of SMB service settings in Server Admin to specify how much
information is recorded in the SMB log le.
To congure the SMB service logging level:
1 Open Server Admin and connect to the server.
2 Click the triangle at the left of the server.
The list of services appears.
3 From the expanded Servers list, select SMB.
4 Click Settings, then click Logging.
5 From the pop-up menu, set the level of log detail:
Choose “Low” to record error and warning messages only. Â
Choose “Medium” to record error and warning messages, service start and stop Â
times, authentication failures, and browser name registrations.
Choose “High” to record error and warning messages, service start and stop times, Â
authentication failures, browser name registrations, and le accesses.
6 Click Save.
From the command line:
To congure SMB service access settings: m
$ sudo serveradmin settings smb:log level = value
Parameter Description
log level
The amount of detail written to the service logs.
Can be set to:
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0 (
Low: errors and warnings only)
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1 (
Medium: service start and stop,
authentication failures, browser name
registrations, and errors and warnings)
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2 (
High: service start and stop, authentication
failures, browser name registration events, log
le access, and errors and warnings)
This corresponds to the Log Detail pop-up menu
in the Logging pane of Windows service settings
in the Server Admin application.
For more information about command-line parameters for SMB, see “SMB
Parameters” on page 150. For information about serveradmin, see its man page.
For the basics of command-line tool usage, see Introduction to Command-Line
Administration.
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