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-rw-r--r--source3/libsmb/libsmb_context.c8
-rw-r--r--source3/libsmb/libsmb_setget.c12
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/source3/libsmb/libsmb_context.c b/source3/libsmb/libsmb_context.c
index 8e76387346a..22e0a047172 100644
--- a/source3/libsmb/libsmb_context.c
+++ b/source3/libsmb/libsmb_context.c
@@ -557,9 +557,11 @@ smbc_init_context(SMBCCTX *context)
if (context->internal->debug_stderr) {
/*
- * Hmmm... Do we want a unique dbf per-thread? For now, we'll just
- * leave it up to the user. If any one context spefies debug to
- * stderr then all will be.
+ * We do not have a unique per-thread debug state? For
+ * now, we'll just leave it up to the user. If any one
+ * context spefies debug to stderr then all will be (and
+ * will stay that way, as it is unsafe to flip back if
+ * stdout is in use for other things)
*/
setup_logging("libsmbclient", DEBUG_STDERR);
}
diff --git a/source3/libsmb/libsmb_setget.c b/source3/libsmb/libsmb_setget.c
index f2f5aec6c46..0d260d7cf29 100644
--- a/source3/libsmb/libsmb_setget.c
+++ b/source3/libsmb/libsmb_setget.c
@@ -120,10 +120,18 @@ smbc_setTimeout(SMBCCTX *c, int timeout)
smbc_bool
smbc_getOptionDebugToStderr(SMBCCTX *c)
{
- return c->internal->debug_stderr;
+ /* Because this is a global concept, it is better to check
+ * what is really set, rather than what we wanted set
+ * (particularly as you cannot go back to stdout). */
+ return debug_get_output_is_stderr();
}
-/** Set whether to log to standard error instead of standard output */
+/** Set whether to log to standard error instead of standard output.
+ * This option is 'sticky' - once set to true, it cannot be set to
+ * false again, as it is global to the process, as once we have been
+ * told that it is not safe to safe to write to stdout, we shouldn't
+ * go back as we don't know it was this context that set it that way.
+ */
void
smbc_setOptionDebugToStderr(SMBCCTX *c, smbc_bool b)
{