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 running smbpasswd and be kept 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/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.