Hi, Patch in the last email wasn't the newest version, this one is working.
Best, -Nikolaus -- »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« PGP fingerprint: 5B93 61F8 4EA2 E279 ABF6 02CF A9AD B7F8 AE4E 425C
Index: debian/NEWS =================================================================== --- debian/NEWS (revision 4049) +++ debian/NEWS (working copy) @@ -1,3 +1,20 @@ +samba (2:3.6.4-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low + + * "private dir" configuration is no longer ignored. + + Previous samba releases ignored the "private dir" configuration + setting in smb.conf and instead hardcoded the value to + /var/lib/samba. Starting with this version, /var/lib/samba is the + default value, but it can be overriden. This default is different + from upstream (which uses /etc/samba) in order to conform to the + FHS. + + If your setup relied on "private dir" being ignored, you will + need to remove this setting from smb.conf or your system may + behave in unexpected ways. + + -- Nikolaus Rath <nikol...@rath.org> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:00:36 -0400 + samba (2:3.4.0-1) unstable; urgency=low * Default passdb backend changed in samba 3.4.0 and above Index: debian/patches/series =================================================================== --- debian/patches/series (revision 4049) +++ debian/patches/series (working copy) @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ documentation.patch documentation2.patch -fhs-filespaths.patch installswat.sh.patch pam-examples.patch README_nosmbldap-tools.patch Index: debian/rules =================================================================== --- debian/rules (revision 4049) +++ debian/rules (working copy) @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ --cache-file=./config.cache \ --with-fhs \ --enable-static \ - --with-privatedir=/etc/samba \ + --with-privatedir=/var/lib/samba \ --with-piddir=/var/run/samba \ --with-rootsbindir=/sbin \ --with-pammodulesdir=/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/security \ Index: debian/samba-common.install =================================================================== --- debian/samba-common.install (revision 4049) +++ debian/samba-common.install (working copy) @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ -etc/samba/ debian/gdbcommands etc/samba etc/dhcp3/ usr/share/samba/lowcase.dat Index: debian/changelog =================================================================== --- debian/changelog (revision 4049) +++ debian/changelog (working copy) @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +samba (2:3.6.4-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low + + * Stop ignoring "private dir" configuration option, change default to + /var/lib/samba. Closes: #249873. + + -- Nikolaus Rath <nikol...@rath.org> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:00:03 -0400 + samba (2:3.6.4-1) unstable; urgency=low [ Christian Perrier ]