[SAMBA4] Rename smbd to samba?

Jelmer Vernooij jelmer at samba.org
Sat Jun 28 16:28:13 GMT 2008


Am Samstag, den 28.06.2008, 09:42 +0200 schrieb Stefan (metze)
Metzmacher:
> Jelmer Vernooij schrieb:
> > In Samba 4, Samba is now a single daemon (i.e. not smbd + nmbd). It also
> > does a lot more than just the SMB protocol, as the name smbd suggests.
> > Would it make sense to rename the main daemon binary to "samba" to
> > reflect these changes ?
> I had this discusion with tridge a few years ago and he wanted to keep
> 'smbd'. But for me it would be fine to call it 'samba'.
Ah, ok. tridge, do you still prefer keeping the name smbd? 

Cheers,

Jelmer

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