grep -n 'local' /etc/samba/smb.conf.default 55: log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m 73:; include = /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf.%m 121:; path = /usr/local/samba/lib/netlogon 130:; path = /usr/local/samba/profiles This is a regression from previous versions and I discovered this with dispatch-conf due to that path being config-protected. This was different in 4.1.17 ( my previous installation, which was installed a lifetime ago, March 11 2015 ) These lines were all respectively: log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon path = /var/lib/samba/profiles Also, possibly related in the printer defaults: - path = /var/spool/samba + path = /usr/spool/samba