[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#451271: Bug#451271: Set default debconf group to MSHOME

[Steve Langasek]

On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 12:44:50PM -0500, Mathias Gug wrote:
> Package: samba 
> Version: 3.0.26a-1
> Tags: patch
> User: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> Usertags: origin-ubuntu ubuntu-patch hardy

> I've attached a patch that sets a default value of MSHOME to the debconf
> question asking for the workgroup. MSHOME is the default workgroup name used in
> Windows.

In the Debian package, the default workgroup is set in the debian/smb.conf
file.  Is there a reason it should be set in the template instead?  (Open
question - there have been some issues with the current debconf code which
I've meant to go back and fix, and maybe this takes care of it, but then we
seem to have duplication of data between the two locations.)

Also, the change in svn revision 1246 claims that "WORKGROUP" is the default
workgroup for Windows workstations, rather than MSHOME.  I suppose both
WORKGROUP and MSHOME have been default for various MS releases at various
times; so what are the reasons for picking one of these values over the
other?

Thanks,
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