[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#171177: #171177 Please reword debconf templates to avoid references to 'server'' from `samba-common: asks about encypt_passwords and workgroup even though no server is installed

[Noèl Köthe]

tags 171177 + patch
thanks

Hello,

I would change the samba-common/workgroup and
samba-common/encrypt_passwords to something like this:

--- samba-common.templates.orig 2008-08-12 21:22:16.000000000 +0200
+++ samba-common.templates      2008-08-12 21:26:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@
 Type: string
 Default: WORKGROUP
 _Description: Workgroup/Domain Name:
- Please specify the workgroup you want this server to appear to be in
- when queried by clients. Note that this parameter also controls the
- domain name used with the security=domain setting.
+ Please specify the workgroup you want this system to appear to be in.
+ Note that this parameter also controls the domain name used with the
+ security=domain setting when using this system as a server.
 
 Template: samba-common/encrypt_passwords
 Type: boolean
 Default: true
 _Description: Use password encryption?
- All recent Windows clients communicate with SMB servers using encrypted
+ All recent Windows clients communicate with SMB/CIFS servers using encrypted
  passwords. If you want to use clear text passwords you will need to change
  a parameter in your Windows registry. 

We can discuss is samba-common/encrypt_passwords could/should be removed
because it was important for Windows 9x and NT and smb.conf now says
about the option "encrypt passwords (G)":

"The use of plain text passwords is NOT advised as support for this
feature is no longer maintained in Microsoft Windows products."

Your opinions?

-- 
Noèl Köthe <noel debian.org>
Debian GNU/Linux, www.debian.org
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