Ubuntu
samba package

Gratuitous file /etc/samba/gdbcommands

Bug #304388 reported by era
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samba (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: samba-common

The directory /etc/samba contains a spurious file gdbcommands which does not appear to be documented. To the extent that I am able to guess what it's for, it should probably simply be removed, or else documented e.g. in the /usr/share/doc/samba-common/README.Debian.gz file (which does not currently exist).

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=299919 hints that it may have been useful at some point, but I don't see any reference to it in /usr/share/samba/smb.conf or /etc/samba/smb.conf any longer (if there ever was one).

vnix$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

vnix$ uname -m
x86_64

vnix$ apt-cache policy samba-common
samba-common:
  Installed: 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.3
  Candidate: 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.3
  Version table:
 *** 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.3 0
        500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3 0
        500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages

vnix$ apt-cache policy samba
samba:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.3
  Version table:
     2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.3 0
        500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
     2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3 0
        500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages

Revision history for this message
Chuck Short (zulcss) wrote :

No its intentional, it does crash reporting for samba.

Changed in samba:
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
era (era) wrote :

I spent a lot of time investigating this, and would have avoided that if it had been documented. I'd still like to request the addition of a small snippet to README.Debian but since I'm an Ubuntu user I didn't want to take this directly upstream. If I submit this upstream, with a small patch, can I change this to "confirmed wishlist"?

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