[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]

Am Samstag, den 16.08.2008, 15:42 -0700 schrieb Steve Langasek:

> > - 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.

OK. Then we take this one..


> > - All recent Windows clients communicate with SMB servers using encrypted
> > + All recent Windows clients communicate with SMB/CIFS servers using encrypted

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

I prefer the way upstream with SMB/CIFS
http://us1.samba.org/samba/what_is_samba.html because some people still
never heard of CIFS.

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 feature is no longer maintained in Microsoft Windows products."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

Yes, sure.

> 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.

Fine.

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