Description of problem: The smb.conf included with samba-common-3.0.23-1.fc4 configures the logfile directory as /usr/local/samba/var/%m.log. There are also other suspicious or wrong references to /usr/local/samba in the config file. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): samba-common-3.0.23-1.fc4 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum update to install the latest samba-common update 2. look at the installed smb.conf (most likely installed as smb.conf.rpmnew) 3. Actual results: The included smb.conf has these wrong or suspicious looking references to /usr/local/samba: log file = /usr/local/samba/var/%m.log ; include = /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf.%m ; path = /usr/local/samba/lib/netlogon ; path = /usr/local/samba/profiles Expected results: The first is wrong and should be: log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log The second is also wrong but as it's commented out doesn't cause any problems (but is misleading). It should be: ; include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m The other two probably should be: path = /home/netlogon path = /home/profiles Additional info: The updated smb.conf gets installed as smb.conf.rpmnew so it shouldn't cause any problems by default but will cause problems for anybody who tries to use it.
samba-3.0.23a-1.fc5.1 has been pushed for fc5, which should resolve this issue. If these problems are still present in this version, then please make note of it in this bug report.
This report targets the FC3 or FC4 products, which have now been EOL'd. Could you please check that it still applies to a current Fedora release, and either update the target product or close it ? Thanks.
The only serious problem (with 'log file =') is fixed in FC5 and FC6. The other 3 references to /usr/local are still present in FC5 and FC6 (but commmented out): samba-common-3.0.23c-1.fc5 samba-common-3.0.23c-2 (FC6) You could close this. References to /usr/local are wrong for Fedora/RedHat but since they're commented out aren't causing any problems. -- Ian
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 199035 ***