[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#444338: Bug#444338: README.Debian.gz has outdated sections

[Steve Langasek]

On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 08:20:53AM +0100, petes-bugs at thegoldenear.org wrote:
> > That could be an opportunity to re-check that file and see whether
> > there are some things we might want to add.

> I recommend the following additions:

> - There is a bug (https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4098) where
> by accounts created with 'net rpc user add' are disabled and need
> enabling. To work around this you can do this for each account you create:
> smbpasswd -e <new username>

That seems like a pretty fixable bug in samba, wouldn't it be better to get
an upstream fix instead of just documenting the behavior?

> - Beware of 'invalid users = root' in smb.conf, which is enabled by
> default in Debian

I think this default should be revisited first, to figure out if there's an
appropriate/safe way to change this setting, or to autoconfigure a separate
administator user in samba.

> - Upgrading from Sarge to Etch:

> smb.conf's 'passwd chat' changed from '*Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n
> *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .' to '*Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:*
> %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully*
> .'

I don't see why we would want to provide documentation in lenny's README for
sarge->etch upgrades.  Anyway, this password chat seems to still be broken
in the default configuration and should be fixed, at the same time that we
enable "pam password chat".

> Since Samba 3.0.23 'net groupmap modify' now needs to be 'net groupmap
> add'; additionally the RID has to be specified, using the form 'rid=<RID>'

Again, documenting changes that are no longer relevant for etch->lenny
upgrades.

Thanks,
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