Upon discovering the intended name of the future samba management tool as ‘net’, it struck me that a naming conflict could exist. Even if a conflict didn’t currently exist, a potential user would assume that it was about general network configuration – not Samba. Unfortunately, I have discovered potential conflicts that make this name unsuitable. Sun uses this name for its “NetLink” product: http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806- 2749-10/6jbup91va?a=view IBM may already use this name under AIX 4, although my source reads like it might be the samba ‘net’ command: http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/UserInfo/Resources/Hardware/IBMp690/IBM/usr/share/man/i nfo/en_US/a_doc_lib/cmds/aixcmds4/net.htm#HDRHELP Of course, perhaps I am completely wrong and no supported (or likely to be supported) operating system has a command named ‘net’ – but it would be worth verifying in advance. My preference would be for the command to be called ‘smbtool’, which more clearly indicates its purpose. Thanks for your consideration.
The IBM AIX product is called FastConnect, and it serves the same purpose as Samba. This issue is exactly why we chose 'net'...it serves the same purpose (and you may have noticed, similar syntax) as the OS/2, windows, and AIX FastConnect (which was modeled after OS/2, btw) 'net' commands. And...Hey! The Netlink command serves the same purpose...and shares similar syntax. I'm going to poll the the list and see if anyone is likely to use samba as well as these other products on the same system. It seems unlikely to me, as all 3 perform the same function, and while they could coexist, it would be a very bizarre setup to have multiple smb servers functioning at the same time. I'm also changing the severity and priority, since I think it won't be an issue. If someone says they intend to use both, then I'll raise it back up.
Jonathan, have I convinced you that it's ok to leave it as net? So far the commands I've found are all the same function on other products...
Closing
originally reported against 3.0.0beta3. CLeaning out non-production release versions.