URGENT: REDHAT 6.1 STORES SAMBA PRIVATE FILES IN /etc

[Seth Vidal]

> IN MY OPINION :)
> 
> - smb.conf file is file in /etc
> 
> - if you are concerned about novice users who may not be aware of the
> risks associated with modifying the file permisions: smbpasswd and *.mac
> are better off in a private directory (we use /usr/local/samba/private)
> where the permissions on the directory are rwx------ to root only.
> 
> best regards,

i know there are those who might disagree but the debian structure is
fairly nice.
/etc/samba and /etc/private

read the debian rules file - it should provide all the necessary security
settings etc.

it keeps things compliant with the FHS 2.0(+?) (linux-ish only but..)

my 2cents
-sv