[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#429429: Bug#429429: samba: nmbd not always necessary

[Steve Langasek]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 08:12:56AM -0500, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:

> Steve Langasek wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 08:19:43PM -0400, Robert Edmonds wrote:
> >> Package: samba
> >> Version: 3.0.24-6etch4
> >> Severity: wishlist

> >> nmbd is not always necessary; for instance in a non-Windows environment
> >> with working name resolution.  It would be nice if the samba init script
> >> supported only starting the smbd daemon.

> > If you have a non-Windows environment, use a better protocol. :)

> > I consider this a wontfix.

> Steve,  Many distribtions will not start nmbd if
> "disable netbios = yes" in smb.conf for those AD environments
> that have disabled the legacy protocol.  Something to consider.

That's fair; I'd be happy to make a change like that, but letting users
disable nmbd when the system isn't specifically configured for an AD-only
environment sounds broken to me.

Thanks,
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