[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#249873: samba-common: please fix the bug or at least the documentation!

[Roland Koebler]

Package: samba-common
Version: 2:3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze6
Severity: normal


This bug still exists. So, please:

a) Fix the bug, and stop to ignore the "private dir" configuration option.
   (Although I think you're not willing to fix the bug, since you
   haven't fixed it for the last 8 (!) years...)

   It's totally ok to set the default path for private_dir according to FHS,
   but please don't kill the "private dir" configuration option.

b) or *at least* fix the documentation!
   e.g. in smb.conf(5), change

       private dir (G)

           This parameters defines the directory smbd will use for storing
           such files as smbpasswd and secrets.tdb.

           Default: private dir = ${prefix}/private

   to:

       private dir (G)

           This parameters defines the directory smbd will use for storing
           such files as smbpasswd and secrets.tdb.

           Default: private dir = ${prefix}/private

           In Debian, the private dir is fixed, and this option is intentionally
           ignored. If you need it (e.g. for qemu -smb), you have to compile
           samba yourself!
   

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.4
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (160, 'testing'), (150, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages samba-common depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]        1.5.36.1    Debian configuration management sy
ii  ucf                          3.0025+nmu1 Update Configuration File: preserv

Versions of packages samba-common recommends:
ii  samba-common-bin  2:3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze6 common files used by both the Samb

samba-common suggests no packages.

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