Re: Samba update moved my shares (again)
Hi Kevin
Please don't top post; it makes it difficult for people to follow the
thread :)
On (22/04/05 15:23), Kevin Krumwiede wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 13:14:03 +0100
> Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > On (22/04/05 07:09), Kevin Krumwiede wrote:
> > > I booted up my file server, resigned to the fact that I wasn't going
> > > to recover anything from the ext3 filesystem. But a quick df
> > > revealed that my shares weren't deleted after all; they were just
> > > moved.
> > >
> > > Today when I updated samba again, the same thing happened: all my
> > > shares were moved into /var/lib/samba, but smb.conf was not updated
> > > so they became inaccessible.
> > >
> > > 1. Why does samba take such liberties with my system?
> > > 2. How do I stop this from happening every time I update?
> > It may be something to do with where you've set up your samba share;
> > can you post the relevant section of smb.conf?
> >
> [public]
> path = /var/samba/public
> guest ok = true
> guest only = true
> writeable = true
>
> [kevin]
> path = /var/samba/kevin
> hosts allow = 192.168.1.3
> valid users = kevin
> guest ok = false
> case sensitive = true
> hide dot files = false
> writeable = true
This is the source of your problem /var is used by the system when
installing and configuring packages, it is NOT for data (other than
logfiles) - put all your data under /home.
Regards
Clive
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