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Diffstat (limited to 'source3')
| -rw-r--r-- | source3/include/debug.h | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | source3/lib/debug.c | 6 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/source3/include/debug.h b/source3/include/debug.h index 6f7baec461..92fa6e6145 100644 --- a/source3/include/debug.h +++ b/source3/include/debug.h @@ -248,8 +248,11 @@ extern bool *DEBUGLEVEL_CLASS_ISSET; /* The following definitions come from lib/debug.c */ -/* Possible destinations for the debug log (in order of precedence, - * only a higher value will override a lower value */ +/** Possible destinations for the debug log (in order of precedence - + * once set to DEBUG_FILE, it is not possible to reset to DEBUG_STDOUT + * for example. This makes it easy to override for debug to stderr on + * the command line, as the smb.conf cannot reset it back to + * file-based logging */ enum debug_logtype {DEBUG_DEFAULT_STDERR = 0, DEBUG_STDOUT = 1, DEBUG_FILE = 2, DEBUG_STDERR = 3}; void setup_logging(const char *prog_name, enum debug_logtype new_logtype); diff --git a/source3/lib/debug.c b/source3/lib/debug.c index 026616babf..f9f4cae000 100644 --- a/source3/lib/debug.c +++ b/source3/lib/debug.c @@ -564,6 +564,12 @@ void debug_register_msgs(struct messaging_context *msg_ctx) /** control the name of the logfile and whether logging will be to stdout, stderr or a file, and set up syslog + + new_log indicates the destination for the debug log (an enum in + order of precedence - once set to DEBUG_FILE, it is not possible to + reset to DEBUG_STDOUT for example. This makes it easy to override + for debug to stderr on the command line, as the smb.conf cannot + reset it back to file-based logging */ void setup_logging(const char *prog_name, enum debug_logtype new_logtype) { |