[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#349052: #349052 Please activate the "time server" option in default smb.conf

[Anand Kumria]

HI Noèl,

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Noèl Köthe <noel at debian.org> wrote:
> Hello Anand,
>
> Am Montag, den 11.08.2008, 14:12 +0100 schrieb Anand Kumria:
>
>> Please note that you have two different upstreams (Andrew Bartlett and
>> Peter E) *disagreeing* over whether or not
>
> Peter isn't a upstream developer. Its one opinion and the samba releases
> have a default which we as the Debian package use.



>> the time server setting should be specified.
>>
>> Upstream has not decieded at all.
>
> Sure they have: smb.conf(5)

Next you'll be telling me they upstream have always decided the best
locations for files on the filesystem.


>       time server (G)
>
>           This parameter determines if nmbd(8) advertises itself as a time server to Windows clients.
>
>           Default: time server = no
> ...
>
> But no problem, we can ask Andrew.;)

Yes, you should certainly ask upstream. But upstream is not always right.

Just as the people who package things can not know everything about
the software (e.g. disabling root on the Debian samba packages for
many years -- this bug report is from 2004, after all).

> Andrew, you stated a year ago http://bugs.debian.org/349052 that you see
> no problem in enabling time server to yes as default.
> You are willing to change this by default in samba upstream?

Or, alternatively:

Andrew, since a nmbd which is advertising itself as a time server has
no effect if the samba process is not also the domain master browser
or the local master browser -- is there an issue with turning this
option on for Debian?

Thanks,
Anand