[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#689857: Please suggest winbind

Christian PERRIER bubulle at debian.org
Sun Oct 7 10:51:28 UTC 2012


Quoting Thomas Hood (jdthood at gmail.com):
> Package: Samba
> Version: 2:3.6.6-3
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> The Description mentions:
> 
>     For use in an NT4 domain or Active Directory realm,
>     you will also need the winbind package.
> 
> Should winbind be included on the "Suggests:" line?

Well, there are many use cases where there is no need for winbind,
particularly when the samba server is a domain controller or a
standalone server, or a print server.

So, I'm not convinced that it is a good idea to suggest winbind.


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