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.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/hacks/docbook2X/>
.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches,
.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>.
-.TH "SMBD" "8" "10 October 2001" "" ""
+.TH "SMBD" "8" "06 December 2001" "" ""
.SH NAME
smbd \- server to provide SMB/CIFS services to clients
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
-\fBsmbd\fR [ \fB-D\fR ] [ \fB-a\fR ] [ \fB-o\fR ] [ \fB-P\fR ] [ \fB-h\fR ] [ \fB-V\fR ] [ \fB-d <debug level>\fR ] [ \fB-l <log file>\fR ] [ \fB-p <port number>\fR ] [ \fB-O <socket option>\fR ] [ \fB-s <configuration file>\fR ]
+\fBsmbd\fR [ \fB-D\fR ] [ \fB-a\fR ] [ \fB-o\fR ] [ \fB-P\fR ] [ \fB-h\fR ] [ \fB-V\fR ] [ \fB-d <debug level>\fR ] [ \fB-l <log directory>\fR ] [ \fB-p <port number>\fR ] [ \fB-O <socket option>\fR ] [ \fB-s <configuration file>\fR ]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This program is part of the Samba suite.
@@ -105,14 +105,18 @@ Note that specifying this parameter here will
override the log
levelfile.
.TP
-\fB-l <log file>\fR
-If specified, \fIlog file\fR
-specifies a log filename into which informational and debug
-messages from the running server will be logged. The log
+\fB-l <log directory>\fR
+If specified,
+\fIlog directory\fR
+specifies a log directory into which the "log.smbd" log
+file will be created for informational and debug
+messages from the running server. The log
file generated is never removed by the server although
its size may be controlled by the max log size
-option in the \fI smb.conf(5)\fRfile. The default log
-file name is specified at compile time.
+option in the \fI smb.conf(5)\fRfile.
+
+The default log directory is specified at
+compile time.
.TP
\fB-O <socket options>\fR
See the socket options