>>>>> "GT" == dopp <dopp at acm.cs.umn.edu> writes: >> Yes, that's my problem, too. I don't know what kind of script >> it is, either. It's a script used by logrotate, if that helps. >> Unfortunately, the man page only says: >> GT> What's the name of the script and where is it? One example is /etc/logrotate.d/samba I think probably the right thing to do is to change this: /var/log/samba/log.smb { postrotate /usr/bin/killall -HUP smbd endscript } to something like /var/log/samba/log.smb { postrotate if { ps -C smbd -o pid= > /dev/null } then /usr/bin/killall -HUP smbd; fi endscript } per your suggestion, but I haven't yet had a chance to test it out.... R