On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 12:31:22PM +0100, Mathieu Parent wrote: > Control: tag -1 moreinfo > Control: severity -1 whishlist > > 2018-03-22 2:39 GMT+01:00 unman <un...@thirdeyesecurity.org>: > > Source: samba > > Version: 2.4.5.12+dfsg-2+deb9u2 > > Severity: normal > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > Hi, > > > > Installing Samba on stretch with only loopback interface present results > > in configuration error post install. > > > > Installation errors: > > dpkg: error processing package samba (--configure) > > > > nmbd.service times out with status: > > "nmbd: No local IPv4 non-loopback interfaces available, waiting for > > interfaces." > > > > > > workaround is to create dummy interface and configuration then > > completes. > > What is the usecase here? Samba has no use without a network... > > Regards > > -- > Mathieu Parent
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. 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.