Avoiding Samba interaction

[david]

Folks

I'm pretty new to Ubuntu, so this is likely a question that's been 
asked before.

I have installed Samba, and tailored the configuration to my 
choices.  When running an "apt-get update", Samba was updated.  I was 
then faced with a conversational interaction that I already knew 
about, and I really want to avoid it.  I have performed this 
identical update on other machines, and my automated updates are not 
equipped for conversation.

Is there a way to say "do not ask me, just leave my file alone, and 
put the new file somewhere, like <filename>.new

Thanks for the help

David