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-Contributor: Samba Team
-Updated: June 27, 1997
-
-Subject: This file describes how to report Samba bugs.
-============================================================================
-
->> The email address for bug reports is samba@samba.org <<
-
-Please take the time to read this file before you submit a bug
-report. Also, please see if it has changed between releases, as we
-may be changing the bug reporting mechanism at some time.
-
-Please also do as much as you can yourself to help track down the
-bug. Samba is maintained by a dedicated group of people who volunteer
-their time, skills and efforts. We receive far more mail about it than
-we can possibly answer, so you have a much higher chance of an answer
-and a fix if you send us a "developer friendly" bug report that lets
-us fix it fast.
-
-Do not assume that if you post the bug to the comp.protocols.smb
-newsgroup or the mailing list that we will read it. If you suspect that your
-problem is not a bug but a configuration problem then it is better to send
-it to the Samba mailing list, as there are (at last count) 5000 other users on
-that list that may be able to help you.
-
-You may also like to look though the recent mailing list archives,
-which are conveniently accessible on the Samba web pages
-at http://samba.org/samba/
-
-
-GENERAL INFO
-------------
-
-Before submitting a bug report check your config for silly
-errors. Look in your log files for obvious messages that tell you that
-you've misconfigured something and run testparm to test your config
-file for correct syntax.
-
-Have you run through DIAGNOSIS.txt? This is very important.
-
-If you include part of a log file with your bug report then be sure to
-annotate it with exactly what you were doing on the client at the
-time, and exactly what the results were.
-
-
-DEBUG LEVELS
-------------
-
-If the bug has anything to do with Samba behaving incorrectly as a
-server (like refusing to open a file) then the log files will probably
-be very useful. Depending on the problem a log level of between 3 and
-10 showing the problem may be appropriate. A higher level givesmore
-detail, but may use too much disk space.
-
-To set the debug level use "log level =" in your smb.conf. You may
-also find it useful to set the log level higher for just one machine
-and keep separate logs for each machine. To do this use:
-
-log level = 10
-log file = /usr/local/samba/lib/log.%m
-include = /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf.%m
-
-then create a file "/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf.machine" where
-"machine" is the name of the client you wish to debug. In that file
-put any smb.conf commands you want, for example "log level=" may be
-useful. This also allows you to experiment with different security
-systems, protocol levels etc on just one machine.
-
-The smb.conf entry "log level =" is synonymous with the entry
-"debuglevel =" that has been used in older versions of Samba and
-is being retained for backwards compatibility of smb.conf files.
-
-As the "log level =" value is increased you will record a significantly
-increasing level of debugging information. For most debugging operations
-you may not need a setting higher than 3. Nearly all bugs can be tracked
-at a setting of 10, but be prepared for a VERY large volume of log data.
-
-
-INTERNAL ERRORs
----------------
-
-If you get a "INTERNAL ERROR" message in your log files it means that
-Samba got an unexpected signal while running. It is probably a
-segmentation fault and almost certainly means a bug in Samba (unless
-you have faulty hardware or system software)
-
-If the message came from smbd then it will probably be accompanied by
-a message which details the last SMB message received by smbd. This
-info is often very useful in tracking down the problem so please
-include it in your bug report.
-
-You should also detail how to reproduce the problem, if
-possible. Please make this reasonably detailed.
-
-You may also find that a core file appeared in a "corefiles"
-subdirectory of the directory where you keep your samba log
-files. This file is the most useful tool for tracking down the bug. To
-use it you do this:
-
-gdb smbd core
-
-adding appropriate paths to smbd and core so gdb can find them. If you
-don't have gdb then try "dbx". Then within the debugger use the
-command "where" to give a stack trace of where the problem
-occurred. Include this in your mail.
-
-If you known any assembly language then do a "disass" of the routine
-where the problem occurred (if its in a library routine then
-disassemble the routine that called it) and try to work out exactly
-where the problem is by looking at the surrounding code. Even if you
-don't know assembly then incuding this info in the bug report can be
-useful.
-
-
-ATTACHING TO A RUNNING PROCESS
-------------------------------
-
-Unfortunately some unixes (in particular some recent linux kernels)
-refuse to dump a core file if the task has changed uid (which smbd
-does often). To debug with this sort of system you could try to attach
-to the running process using "gdb smbd PID" where you get PID from
-smbstatus. Then use "c" to continue and try to cause the core dump
-using the client. The debugger should catch the fault and tell you
-where it occurred.
-
-
-PATCHES
--------
-
-The best sort of bug report is one that includes a fix! If you send us
-patches please use "diff -u" format if your version of diff supports
-it, otherwise use "diff -c4". Make sure your do the diff against a
-clean version of the source and let me know exactly what version you
-used.
-