Description of problem: for the last six months at least (starting in F8 updates and continuing on F10) every time the samba package gets updated, my /etc/samba/smbpasswd config file gets wiped out. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): current release... 3.2.8-0.26-fc10 How reproducible: yum update Steps to Reproduce: 1. put something useful in /etc/samba/smbpasswd 2. update samba 3. watch it go away. Actual results: rpm -qc samba does not list /etc/samba/smbpasswd as a config file and it should. Expected results: Additional info:
Since F8 the smbpasswd file is located in /var/lib/samba/private
so here's the problem that i've been encountering... in the install script from the rpm, there's a clause that moves smbpasswd from the old location to the newer location. that's fine and well-intentioned, but the test to determine if smb.conf has set smbpasswd's location is reckless... I had it set this way... passdb backend = smbpasswd:/etc/samba/smbpasswd and the install script seems to want it this way... smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd and here is the code that I believe ought to have been more robust... but now this change in smbpasswd's default location is so old, that I don't know why it's still around... #smbpasswd if [ -f /etc/samba/smbpasswd ]; then eval testparm -s 2>/dev/null |grep "smb passwd file" >/dev/null if [ $? = 0 ]; then echo "Warning: smbpasswd file location explicitly set. Not moving smbpasswd to new d efault location" else if [ -f /var/lib/samba/private/smbpasswd ]; then mv -f /var/lib/samba/private/smbpasswd /var/lib/samba/private/smbpasswd.old fi mv -f /etc/samba/smbpasswd /var/lib/samba/private/smbpasswd fi fi
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