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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
<arg choice="opt">-V</arg>
<arg choice="opt">-d &lt;debug level&gt;</arg>
<arg choice="opt">-H &lt;lmhosts file&gt;</arg>
- <arg choice="opt">-l &lt;log file&gt;</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-l &lt;log directory&gt;</arg>
<arg choice="opt">-n &lt;primary netbios name&gt;</arg>
<arg choice="opt">-p &lt;port number&gt;</arg>
<arg choice="opt">-s &lt;configuration file&gt;</arg>
@@ -162,17 +162,14 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>-l &lt;log file&gt;</term>
- <listitem><para>The -l parameter specifies a path
- and base filename into which operational data from
- the running <command>nmbd</command> server will
- be logged. The actual log file name is generated by
- appending the extension ".nmb" to the specified base
- name. For example, if the name specified was "log"
- then the file log.nmb would contain the debugging data.</para>
-
- <para>The default log file path is compiled into Samba as
- part of the build process. Common defaults are <filename>
+ <term>-l &lt;log directory&gt;</term>
+ <listitem><para>The -l parameter specifies a directory
+ into which the "log.nmbd" log file will be created
+ for operational data from the running
+ <command>nmbd</command> server.</para>
+
+ <para>The default log directory is compiled into Samba
+ as part of the build process. Common defaults are <filename>
/usr/local/samba/var/log.nmb</filename>, <filename>
/usr/samba/var/log.nmb</filename> or
<filename>/var/log/log.nmb</filename>.</para></listitem>