[Samba] Samba rpm and /var/*/samba directory for .tdb files

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Don Meyer wrote:
> At 08:24 AM 2/15/2006, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
>> Oliver Schulze L. wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > I use CentOS4 (RHEL4) and it seems that I was using /var/lib/samba
>> > for storing the .tdb files. Then I compilled the fedora .src.rpm from
>> > samba.org
>> > and it points now to /var/cache/samba
>>
>> This was a mistake introduced into the RPM specfile during a
>> recent set of merges.  When it was realized, the 3.0.21b-1 rpm was
>> pulled from samba.org and a new set of RPMs posted.  The tdb files
>> should live in /var/lib/samba/
> 
> Actually, stock RHEL4 rpms for their 3.0.10-1.4E.2 version use
> /var/cache/samba/.
> 
> Does this change in the packaging reflect a "sea change" towards use of
> /var/lib/samba/ for the future?    (I.E. Can we "expect" future
> RHEL-distributed packagings to adopt use of /var/lib/samba/ as well?)

IMO.  They should have always been in /var/lib/samba/.
I can't guess what RedHat would do, but SuSE and most other
distros I can think of use /var/lib/samba/.  You could
probably check the stock Fedora RPMs and see what they use.  IIRC
they are using /var/lib/samba/ as well.





cheers, jerry
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