> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "meryl"
> Sent: Friday, 19 February, 2010 8:11:53 AM
>
> I needed to do some file sharing recently and now that the task is
> finished so I want to remove the Samba service. I'm using Ubuntu 9.10.
>
> in Synaptic > search: samba
>
> shows that the following items are installed;
>
> samba
> samba-common
> samba-common-bin
> smbclient
> libpam-smbpass
> libsmbclient
> libwbclient0
> nautilus-share
> python-smbc
Hi Meryl,
If you jump on the command line and type "apt-cache show samba" then scroll
down you'll see this (this was on a Ubuntu 8.04 system - YMMV):
Currently, the Samba Debian packages consist of the following:
.
samba - LanManager-like file and printer server for Unix.
samba-common - Samba common files used by both the server and the client.
smbclient - LanManager-like simple client for Unix.
swat - Samba Web Administration Tool
samba-doc - Samba documentation.
samba-doc-pdf - Samba documentation in PDF format.
smbfs - Mount and umount commands for the smbfs (kernels 2.2.x and above).
libpam-smbpass - pluggable authentication module for SMB/CIFS password
database
libsmbclient - Shared library that allows applications to talk to SMB/CIFS
servers
libsmbclient-dev - libsmbclient shared libraries
winbind - Service to resolve user and group information from Windows NT
servers
.
It is possible to install a subset of these packages depending on
your particular needs. For example, to access other SMB/CIFS servers you
should only need the smbclient and samba-common packages.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So with the exception of the nautilus/python bindings Synaptic seems to
correspond to the list. Notice that last line? ;) Read on...
> When I mark "samba" for removal no other files on this list are
> marked. So is just marking "samba" for removal sufficient to stop this
> service from starting at boot... and I don't want to keep files that
> only rely on samba alone as they'll be superfluous.
Keep in mind there are 2 halves to the Samaba packages: server components and
client components (see the description next to "samba-common"?) with some
common bits they both share. You probably only want to get rid of the server
components.
> But when I select "samba-common" to be removed, Synaptic notifies me
> of a list of other files that it will also remove with "samba-common"
> - one of them being "ubuntu-desktop".
>
> I'm not so sure that I want ubuntu-desktop removed!
Don't sweat the "ubuntu-desktop" package. It's not a "real" package, it's a
meta-package which depends on all the components for an interactive desktop
etc. If you go to the command line (again...sorry) and type "apt-cache show
ubunut-desktop" you'll notice in the "Depends" section it relies on
"smbclient". So if you remove the smbclient package the package manager must
remove the ubuntu-desktop meta-package to maintain dependancies. HOWEVER,
removing a meta-package DOES NOT remove the packages it depends on :) So it's
safe.
Getting back to your original query, you should be able to remove:
samba
swat
samba-doc
samba-doc-pdf
libpam-smbpass
winbind
Just leave the "smbclient" package and "ubuntu-desktop" should be fine. Worst
case scenario, hose ALL the samba stuff (which will take out "ubuntu-desktop as
colateral) then simply re-install "ubuntu-desktop". This will ensure you only
get the bits of samba required to satisfy "ubuntu-desktop" when you re-install
it. Not perfect, but it is simple.
Have fun!
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James
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