Re: [LUG] Samba

[Neil <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/12/2021 12:11, Michael Everitt wrote:
> On 01/12/2021 12:09, Michael Everitt wrote:
> > On 01/12/2021 12:04, Neil wrote:
> > > On my new laptop today I suddenly had some updates for samba. I remember now that,
> > > as part of the installation routine for MX, samba is automatically installed. I
> > > should have unticked the box, but obviously I missed it.
> > >
> > > I will never have any use for samba. Will it be safe to remove it, or might that
> > > cause some problems?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Neil
> > As far as I'm aware, you do nothing whatsoever involving Windoze, and therefore have
> > no use for the Samba daemons. If you don't have a NAS, or cannot use NFS, I'm pretty
> > sure you're safe to uninstall.
> >
> > Whilst I have used Samba in the past, I'm pretty sure nothing I'm presently running
> > has Samba installed here ... (famous last words..)
> > Cheers,
> > Michael / veremitz.
> s/If you don't/Unless you/
>
> Brain isn't braining well today ..
Know the feeling. Thinking about it, during the installation procedure 
for MX there is a choice to install samba. This is automatically 
selected. I usually untick that box, but must have missed it this time. 
So normally samba is not installed. This has never given me any 
problems. Should be safe to remove it.

Thanks,

Neil

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