[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

[Steve Langasek]

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 09:36:57PM +0200, Noèl Köthe wrote:
> tags 171177 + patch
> thanks

> 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.

I would instead suggest:

  Please specify the workgroup for your system.  This setting controls which
  workgroup your system will appear in when used as a server, the default
  workgroup to be used when browsing with various frontends, and the domain
  name used with the security=domain setting.

since "appearing" in a workgroup is something that only happens to servers.

>  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. 

I think this is cumbersome, and would prefer that we pick one name (SMB or
CIFS) to use when referring to the protocol.

> 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 feature is no longer maintained in Microsoft Windows products."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?

Well, I guess this is all for post-lenny anyway, right?  I don't think I
object to discontinuing support for plaintext passwords after lenny, given
that even samba in lenny will not act as a plaintext client without an
override.

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