samba - Feb 2006 - Samba rpm and /var/*/samba directory for .tdb files

Hi,
I use CentOS4 (RHEL4) and it seems that I was using /var/lib/samba
for storing the .tdb files. Then I compilled the fedora .src.rpm from 
samba.org
and it points now to /var/cache/samba

I will build tonight the .rpm from the .tar.gz and see which directory samba
choose for the .tdb files in CentOS4.

Anyone can confirm this list of distro/.tdb directory:
Fedora: /var/cache/samba
CentOS4: /var/lib/samba
RH9: /var/lib/samba
?

Many thanks
Oliver

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Oliver Schulze L.
<oliver@samera.com.py>

On 2/6/06, Oliver Schulze L. <oliver@samera.com.py>
wrote:
> I use CentOS4 (RHEL4) and it seems that I was using /var/lib/samba
> for storing the .tdb files. Then I compilled the fedora .src.rpm from
> samba.org
> and it points now to /var/cache/samba
I noticed this too (and it tripped me up until I noticed it).
> Anyone can confirm this list of distro/.tdb directory:
> Fedora: /var/cache/samba
> CentOS4: /var/lib/samba
> RH9: /var/lib/samba
Unless I'm missing something, samba-3.0.10-1.4E.2.i386.rpm, as
included with CentOS 4.2, uses /var/cache/samba.  Older Fedora
.src.rpms from the Samba site used /var/lib/samba, so if you're
upgrading from there, that explains the change.

Josh Kelley

On Monday February 06 2006 1:08 pm, Oliver Schulze L.
wrote:
> Hi,
> I use CentOS4 (RHEL4) and it seems that I was using /var/lib/samba
> for storing the .tdb files. Then I compilled the fedora .src.rpm from
> samba.org
> and it points now to /var/cache/samba
>
> I will build tonight the .rpm from the .tar.gz and see which directory
> samba choose for the .tdb files in CentOS4.
>
> Anyone can confirm this list of distro/.tdb directory:
> Fedora: /var/cache/samba
> CentOS4: /var/lib/samba
> RH9: /var/lib/samba
> ?
>
> Many thanks
> Oliver
>
I can't speak to RH9, but I'm running CentOS 3 and 4, and FC2 boxes
here.  As
to those, the tdb files are stored as you suspected:

Fedora: /var/cache/samba
CentOS4: /var/lib/samba

HTH.

Dimitri

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Oliver Schulze L. wrote:
> Hi,
> I use CentOS4 (RHEL4) and it seems that I was using /var/lib/samba
> for storing the .tdb files. Then I compilled the fedora .src.rpm from
> samba.org
> and it points now to /var/cache/samba
> 
> I will build tonight the .rpm from the .tar.gz and see which directory
> samba
> choose for the .tdb files in CentOS4.
> 
> Anyone can confirm this list of distro/.tdb directory:
> Fedora: /var/cache/samba
> CentOS4: /var/lib/samba
> RH9: /var/lib/samba
This was a mistake introduced into the RPM specfile during a
recent set of merges.  When it was realized, the 3.0.21b-1 rpm was
pulled from samba.org and a new set of RPMs posted.  The tdb files
should live in /var/lib/samba/






cheers, jerry
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Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
> This was a mistake introduced into the RPM specfile during a
> recent set of merges.  When it was realized, the 3.0.21b-1 rpm was
> pulled from samba.org and a new set of RPMs posted.  The tdb files
> should live in /var/lib/samba/
>   
Thanks for the explanation Jerry,
I noted that 3.0.21b-3 src.rpm for fedora is out, will compile it in
RHEL4(CentOS4) and test it.

BTW, the rpms for RHEL4 from http://ftp.sernet.de/pub/samba/rhel/rhel4/ have
more pakages and different names that the .rpm shipped in RHEL4.
For example, the packages are called samba3-* and in RHEL4 are called 
samba-*
Also, packages libsmbclient and libsmbclient-devel does not exits in RHEL4,
so, upgrading is not straightforward.

Regards,
Oliver

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Oliver Schulze L. wrote:
> Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
>> This was a mistake introduced into the RPM specfile during a
>> recent set of merges.  When it was realized, the 3.0.21b-1 rpm was
>> pulled from samba.org and a new set of RPMs posted.  The tdb files
>> should live in /var/lib/samba/
>>   
> Thanks for the explanation Jerry,
> I noted that 3.0.21b-3 src.rpm for fedora is out, will compile it in
> RHEL4(CentOS4) and test it.
> 
> BTW, the rpms for RHEL4 from http://ftp.sernet.de/pub/samba/rhel/rhel4/
> have
> more pakages and different names that the .rpm shipped in RHEL4.
> For example, the packages are called samba3-* and in RHEL4 are called
> samba-*
> Also, packages libsmbclient and libsmbclient-devel does not exits in RHEL4,
> so, upgrading is not straightforward.
Those packages are specifically handled by SerNet.  So you would
need to discuss any concerns or questions with them.






cheers, jerry
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At 08:24 AM 2/15/2006, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
>Oliver Schulze L. wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I use CentOS4 (RHEL4) and it seems that I was using /var/lib/samba
> > for storing the .tdb files. Then I compilled the fedora .src.rpm from
> > samba.org
> > and it points now to /var/cache/samba
>
>This was a mistake introduced into the RPM specfile during a
>recent set of merges.  When it was realized, the 3.0.21b-1 rpm was
>pulled from samba.org and a new set of RPMs posted.  The tdb files
>should live in /var/lib/samba/
Actually, stock RHEL4 rpms for their 3.0.10-1.4E.2 version use 
/var/cache/samba/.

Does this change in the packaging reflect a "sea change" towards use 
of /var/lib/samba/ for the future?    (I.E. Can we "expect" future 
RHEL-distributed packagings to adopt use of /var/lib/samba/ as well?)

-D


Don Meyer                                           <dlmeyer@uiuc.edu>
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Technical System Manager, ACES TeleNet System
UIUC College of ACES, Information Technology and Communication Services

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