Template: samba/generate_smbpasswd Type: boolean Default: false _Description: Create samba password database, /var/lib/samba/passdb.tdb? To be compatible with the defaults in most versions of Windows, Samba must be configured to use encrypted passwords. This requires user passwords to be stored in a file separate from /etc/passwd. This file can be created automatically, but the passwords must be added manually (by you or the user) by running smbpasswd, and you must arrange to keep it up-to-date in the future. If you do not create it, you will have to reconfigure samba (and probably your client machines) to use plaintext passwords. See /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/ENCRYPTION.html from the samba-doc package for more details. Template: samba/log_files_moved Type: note _Description: Samba's log files have moved. Starting with the first packages of Samba 2.2 for Debian the log files for both Samba daemons (nmbd and smbd) are now stored in /var/log/samba/. The names of the files are log.nmbd and log.smbd, for nmbd and smbd respectively. . The old log files that were in /var/log/ will be moved to the new location for you. Template: samba/nmbd_from_inetd Type: note _Description: Running nmbd from inetd is no longer supported Your system was previously configured to start nmbd and smbd from inetd. As of version 2.999+3.0.alpha20-4, nmbd will no longer be started from inetd. If you have modified your /etc/init.d/samba startup script, you may need to adjust it by hand now so that nmbd will start. Template: samba/run_mode Type: select _Choices: daemons, inetd Default: daemons _Description: How do you want to run Samba? The Samba daemon smbd can run as a normal daemon or from inetd. Running as a daemon is the recommended approach. Template: samba/tdbsam Type: boolean Default: false _Description: Move /etc/samba/smbpasswd to /var/lib/samba/passdb.tdb? Samba 3.0 introduces a newer, more complete SAM database interface which supersedes the /etc/samba/smbpasswd file. Would you like your existing smbpasswd file to be migrated to /var/lib/samba/passdb.tdb for you? If you plan to use another pdb backend (e.g., LDAP) instead, you should answer 'no' here.