Redirect default path - Samba installation with apt

[Totoyesyes]

Hello everyone , I am currently working on setting up a Samba AD on my Debian 9 server. I have already performed this installation using a " .tar.gz " file retrieved via the " wget " command , however I now need to perform the same installation using the " apt install " command. The problem is that the paths to the configuration files and various directories in Samba differ depending on whether you use " wget " or " apt install ". For example: Path to smb.conf: Installed via wget: /usr/local/samba/etc/smb.conf Installed via apt: /etc/samba/smb.conf Or the path to /bin/samba-tool : wget: /usr/local/samba/bin/samba-tool apt: /usr/bin/samba-tool My goal is to make the paths generated during installation via " apt " the same as those in the " .tar.gz " file retrieved via " wget ". Thank you to anyone who has any solution or suggestion for resolving this issue.

[dcardon]

Hello totoyesyes,

I am currently working on setting up a Samba AD on my server running Debian 9. I have already performed this installation using a " .tar.gz " file retrieved via the " wget " command, however I now need to perform the same installation using the " apt install " command. The problem is that the paths to the configuration files and different directories of SaMBa differ depending on whether you use " wget " or " apt install ", for example: Path to smb.conf: Installed via wget: /usr/local/samba/etc/smb.conf Installed via apt: /etc/samba/smb.conf or the path to /bin/samba-tool : wget: /usr/local/samba/bin/samba-tool apt: /usr/bin/samba-tool My goal is to ensure that the paths generated during installation via " apt " are the same as those of the " .tar.gz " file retrieved via " wget ".

To do this, you need to recreate the Deb package.

That said, I have some questions regarding the relevance of this: either the server is a production server and it is preferable to use a deb that has been validated, or the server is a test server and we can use the targz for R&D.

But these two uses are different enough that we shouldn't have to mess with the paths, IMHO. Besides, having a production server with its daemons in /usr/local doesn't seem very elegant to me.

Sincerely,

Denis