[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 19, 2008 at 10:44:41PM +0200, Noèl Köthe wrote:
> > > - 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.

I still don't like this, but I concede the point, particularly given the
recent discussion of the package descriptions where "SMB/CIFS" is also used.

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