I have this problem too. I think it might be because I didn't realise I had samba installed So I installed samba4 in Ubuntu 12.04 Realised that was the wrong thing to do Purged samba4
I think that might have removed /var/log/samba I restarted smbd I now see /var/log/samba/log.smbd Phew! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/313240 Title: Directory /var/log/samba missing, no logs written To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/313240/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
