2018-03-31 13:19 GMT+02:00 unman <[email protected]>: [...] > > At least three: > 1. Where external interface is created when device is attached. > 2. User wants to test samba configuration on non-networked device. > 3. In virtualised environment like Qubes, where Template has no network, > but VMs that use the template do.
nmbd could'nt work in those situations. You can mask it before the installation using "systemctl mask nmbd" (or read /usr/share/doc/*/README.policy-rc.d.gz if not using systemd), but your install may not work properly. > Probably more. > > I've tested a number of "network" services, and samba seems to be the > only one that requires an external interface at time of installation. nmbd is different because it needs to bind to a broadcast address (and not localhost). smbd is not affected. Maybe a solution would be to use "dh_installinit -psamba --name nmbd --errorhandler nmbd_failure" in debian/rules and write an nmbd_failure shell function to ignore the error if only the loopback interface is up. Patch welcome! Regards -- Mathieu Parent
