Patrice wrote:

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> I can testparm my /samba/conf/smb.conf with success.
> However, there seem to be a problem with smbpasswd :
> If I enter "smbpasswd -a aUserName" I get this :
> -----
> params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file
> "/etc/samba/smb.conf":
> No such file or directory.
> Can't load /etc/samba/smb.conf - run testparm to debug it
> -----
> The directory /etc/samba doesn't even exist.
> Why does it look for that directory ? The documentation (Using Samba
> 2) says that default conf directory is /usr/local/samba/lib.
> (Is the book already outdated ?)
>
Just a blind guess: smbpasswd could be a leftover from the previous samba
installation/rpm package? Look for a bunch of smb*3 files ....
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> Just a blind guess: smbpasswd could be a leftover from the previous samba
> installation/rpm package? Look for a bunch of smb*3 files ....

Perhaps it was so. After removing everything and a reinstall,
everything works correctly.

Thanks,

Patrice