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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>smbd</command>
+ <command>nmbd</command>
<arg choice="opt">-D</arg>
<arg choice="opt">-a</arg>
<arg choice="opt">-o</arg>
@@ -287,17 +287,18 @@
a SIGTERM (-15) signal and wait for it to die on its own.</para>
<para><command>nmbd</command> will accept SIGHUP, which will cause
- it to dump out it's namelists into the file <filename>namelist.debug
+ it to dump out its namelists into the file <filename>namelist.debug
</filename> in the <filename>/usr/local/samba/var/locks</filename>
directory (or the <filename>var/locks</filename> directory configured
under wherever Samba was configured to install itself). This will also
- cause <command>nmbd</command> to dump out it's server database in
- the <filename>log.nmb</filename> file. In addition, the debug log level
- of nmbd may be raised by sending it a SIGUSR1 (<command>kill -USR1
- &lt;nmbd-pid&gt;</command>) and lowered by sending it a
- SIGUSR2 (<command>kill -USR2 &lt;nmbd-pid&gt;</command>). This is to
- allow transient problems to be diagnosed, whilst still running at a
- normally low log level.</para>
+ cause <command>nmbd</command> to dump out its server database in
+ the <filename>log.nmb</filename> file.</para>
+
+ <para>The debug log level of nmbd may be raised or lowered using
+ <ulink url="smbcontrol.1.html"><command>smbcontrol(1)</command>
+ </ulink> (SIGUSR[1|2] signals are no longer used in Samba 2.2). This is
+ to allow transient problems to be diagnosed, whilst still running
+ at a normally low log level.</para>
</refsect1>