[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#496196: libpam-smbpass: package description overhaul

[Steve Langasek]

tags 496196 confirmed
thanks

On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 08:53:35PM +0100, Justin B Rye wrote:
> > Counter-suggestion:
> > 
> >  Description: pluggable authentication module for SMB password database
> >   This is a module for PAM that enables a system administrator to migrate
> >   user passwords from the Unix password database to the SMB password
> >   database as used by Samba, and to subsequently keep the two databases in
> >   sync.  Unlike other solutions, it does this without needing users to log
> >   in to Samba using cleartext passwords, or requiring them to change their
> >   existing passwords.
> > 
> > I don't particularly like the use of the term "SMB password database" (more
> > accurate would be to call it an "NTLM password database"), but it's
> > consistent with the upstream terminology for the moment.
> 
> I'm happy enough dropping the boilerplate para on libs, but I'm not
> so sure about keeping that synopsis.  How about:

>    Description: pluggable authentication module for Samba

> This has the suite-name in place of a technical detail that's still
> in the long description, and brings it down to five "password"s.

Yes, I'm ok with this.  Marking as confirmed; co-maintainers, please un-tag
(and discuss) if you have any objections.

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