[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#502801: Apply the patch in 502801 to no longer import system users in passdb.tdb?

[Steve Langasek]

On Sun, May 09, 2010 at 07:55:42AM +0200, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> Quoting Steve Langasek (vorlon at debian.org):

> > See my earlier comments in <20080330015442.GB31471 at dario.dodds.net>:

> > > I'm fairly indifferent to this patch.  I can't see any reason why system
> > > users should be excluded; adding them to the pdb doesn't give them passwords
> > > or otherwise permit people to connect as these users, it just makes them
> > > better visible to Samba - which means that if they do show up in any ACLs on
> > > shared files, clients will get a more user-friendly display.

> Hmmm, really? If system users aren't listed in the tdb, they're still
> displayed to clients when clients list ACLs.

> I just tried this on my own system by sharing a simple directory,
> create a file owned by "ftp" there...and the file owner was properly
> appearing in the Windows "Security" tab.

Well, that quote was from an email of mine that's over 2 years old. :)
Maybe things have changed to where this is no longer needed for ACLs. 
Either way, I don't object to making the change.

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Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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