71011 – Location of smbpasswd changed on samba 3.0.8

Bug 71011 - Location of smbpasswd changed on samba 3.0.8

Summary: Location of smbpasswd changed on samba 3.0.8

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Server (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High major (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's SAMBA Team

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Reported:	2004-11-12 14:10 UTC by Robert S
Modified:	2004-11-13 02:03 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Robert S 2004-11-12 14:10:00 UTC

I upgraded samba to samba-3.0.8 from a previous version.  I was unable to open up any samba shared on a windows client.  I got the following message in my samba log:

[2004/11/13 08:47:19, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:startsmbfilepwent(195)
  startsmbfilepwent_internal: file /var/lib/samba/private/smbpasswd did not exist. File successfully created.

I assume this is the new location of the smbpasswd file in the new version.  I've fixed the problem by putting the following in my smb.conf:

smb passwd file = /etc/samba/private/smbpasswd

Is the new location going to be permanent.  I personally think that /etc/samba/private is superior because I back up my /etc/once a week.

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Christian Andreetta (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-11-13 02:03:00 UTC

See bug 70265: due to better FSH compliancy, /etc/samba/private was moved to /var/lib/samba/private (there's a note about this in the new ebuild).
Should you need the older location, it is sufficient to make a symbolic link:
'ln -s /etc/samba/private /var/lib/samba/private'