[2.0.7] moving smb.conf to another location ...

Mike Brodbelt m.brodbelt at acu.ac.uk
Thu May 4 15:20:42 GMT 2000



The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> 
> I tried to do a ./configure --sysconfdir=<different directory> to move my
> smb.conf to a seperate directory from /usr/local/samba, but it isn't
> honor'd ... is this something that can be fixed without too much trouble?
> 

Do your ./configure as you want, then look at the source/Makefile. The
CONFIGFILE variable defines where smb.conf will live - I always change
mine to /etc/smb.conf.

HTH

Mike.


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