How can I increase the log level of winbind or samba without restarting the services?

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Issue

  • I don't want to restart winbind or samba to increase the log levels.
  • I need increased logging while a problem is occurring but increasing the log level through the smb.conf requires a restart of the services which can temporarily fix an issue and requires me to wait for another occurrence to get the logs I need.
  • Continuous level 10 logging can cause a performance hit and fill up disk space.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8+
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 (Refer Diagnostic Steps for workaround)
  • Samba >= 3

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