[Bug 1700588] Re: samba package should prompt the user to create a Samba password when first installed (or re-use their existing one)

I understand. However, everything you say is much more applicable in a server/IT/business setting than home use. With my IT Consultant hat on, you're absolutely right, but with my Home User hat on, it's all irrelevant. I just want file sharing to work when Samba is installed *after* user creation

[Bug 1700588] Re: samba package should prompt the user to create a Samba password when first installed (or re-use their existing one)

Thank you for filing this bug in Ubuntu. Samba needs its own user/password database because essentially the encryption mechanisms used during windows authentication are different from what Linux uses. How and where to store these databases is configurable and there is no one-size-fits-all

[Bug 1700588] Re: samba package should prompt the user to create a Samba password when first installed (or re-use their existing one)

Thank you for filing this bug in Ubuntu. Samba needs its own user/password database because essentially the encryption mechanisms used during windows authentication are different from what Linux uses. How and where to store these databases is configurable and there is no one-size-fits-all