URGENT: REDHAT 6.1 STORES SAMBA PRIVATE FILES IN /etc

[Matthew Geddes]

Chris Tooley wrote:

>         I would like to say that I in no way would want the samba team to think
> that I don't absolutely LOVE the work they have done, it has save our Museum
> from going into debt to have a PDC running.
>
>         However, I would like to say that from what I've seen of Linux and other
> UNIX's it is definitely more appropriate for config files for programs to go
> into it's own directory under /etc/.  My roommate and I have heated
> discussions on occassion, him being a Sun Sys Admin and I working primarily
> with Linux, over where installed files should be, but I just can't defend
> the fact that there isn't a common ground on where the config files are
> supposed to be at.

I was under the impression that the Linux File System Standard had something to say
about this. I must admit though, it has been a while since I read it.

Matt