[Samba] How to determine Samba Installation directory

[Mark Foley]

OK, I think this might do it for me:

./configure --with-system-mitkrb5 --prefix=/var/lib/samba/ --sbindir=/usr/sbin/ --sysconfdir=/etc/samba/

Not sure if the new install will pick up any of the current config like domain
members, domain users, policies, etc., but I guess we'll see.

--Mark

On Wed Apr 30 21:50:56 2025 Mark Foley via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
>
> Excellent suggestion! I forgot about that. I get:
>
> # smbd -b | egrep "LOCKDIR|STATEDIR|CACHEDIR|PRIVATE_DIR"
>    LOCKDIR: /var/cache/samba
>    STATEDIR: /var/lib/samba
>    CACHEDIR: /var/cache/samba
>    PRIVATE_DIR: /var/lib/samba/private
>
> In my response to Roland I figured using --prefix /var/lib/samba
>
> That looks correct, right? I don't suppose the /var/cache directories figure into
> the --prefix modifier.
>
> THX --Mark
>
> On Wed Apr 30 17:03:50 2025 Peter Smode <psmode at kitsnet.us> wrote:
> >
> > The instructions at https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_an_Active_Directory_Domain_Controller#Only_Applicable_if_Samba_was_Previously_Installed can be helpful:
> >
> > # smbd -b | egrep "LOCKDIR|STATEDIR|CACHEDIR|PRIVATE_DIR"
> >   LOCKDIR: /usr/local/samba/var/lock/
> >   STATEDIR: /usr/local/samba/var/locks/
> >   CACHEDIR: /usr/local/samba/var/cache/
> >   PRIVATE_DIR: /usr/local/samba/private/
> >
> >
> >
> > -- Peter
> >
> > > On Apr 30, 2025, at 4:40 PM, Jeffrey Walton via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM Mark Foley via samba
> > > <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> > >> 
> > >> I'm building Samba from a scratch download from samba.org.  One of the ./configure
> > >> options is --prefix, which directs where to install the files.
> > >> 
> > >> The "default" is /usr/local/samba, but from experience I know my distro does not
> > >> put the files there. There is nothing in either my /usr/lib/samba or
> > >> /usr/local/samba.
> > >> 
> > >> How can I determine where my current --prefix directory is?
> > > 
> > > If you have a config.site, then the default installation directories
> > > are taken from it. However, once ./configure is run, you often have a
> > > *.pc file that provides the directories.
> > > 
> > > Also see bug reports like <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1510073>.
> > > 
> > > Jeff
> > > 
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