samba - Aug 1999 - samba documentation

Jean-Marc,

Being new to SAMBA myself, I've looked all over for plainly written docs.
The best I've found is SAMS' "Learning SAMBA in 24 Hours"
written by a
couple of the SAMBA team members (whose names I can't remember right now --
I'd like to give them credit).  The MAN pages are reference works for those
who know how but can't remember.  The HOWTOs, and most of the books out
there, assume you know everything else except what's in the howto - of
course when I need a howto, I usually know next to nothing.

The book is superb for clearly explaining your options to someone who's
never done it before.  If this level of documentation was available for the
rest of Linux,  MS Windows would be dead.

Hope it helps,

Larry Collier

Do you know of a document that gives a clear, concise overview of the
process to configure SAMBA to work in an NT domain with autofs? As an MCSE
trying to learn how to use Linux, I find the process very frustrating. 
 
I can find about a billion documents that tell how to configure specific
parts (smb.conf, auto.master, auto.misc...), but I can't find a document
that gives a conceptual overview of the entire process-what steps need to be
performed in order to accomplish a goal. It is very time consuming to read
man pages and FAQs on the LDP-and they all tell you how to configure one
piece of the puzzle. There is nothing that I have found that gives a broad
overview of which pieces go together. 
 
In the Windows world I am used to having documentation that tells you what
steps are necessary to accomplish a task, and documentation on how to
perform each step. Linux works entirely differently and I feel that the
conceptual overviews of processes are missing. The documentation seems to
assume a high level of competence and knowledge of what pieces are needed to
get something to work.
 
I would like to see a document that tells what steps need to be in place for
Linux machines to co-exist on an NT domain, automounting the shares.
 
Below are the steps that I know about in this process. 
Smb.conf has to be configured
Smbd and nmbd have to be running
The machine has to be added to the NT domain
What has to be done about passwords?
Nfs has to be running
Auto.master has to be configured
Auto.misc has to be configured
 
I would be happy to write some documentation to fulfill that need for
others-the problem is I am still trying to get the big picture. I am missing
at least one part of the puzzle, as I still have 2 Redhat machines that will
not see each others' SAMBA shares. Once I get this solved I would be happy
to contribute so that others can avoid the 16+ hours I have spent in pouring
through disjointed documentation. I think this type of broad overview with
supporting help on configuring the steps is needed to help people convert
from the GUI based Windows world to the building-block world of Linux. 
 
Thanks for your consideration.
 
 
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hi all,

where can find samba documentation , more than rfc1001 and 1002, whith
examples and dumps, or somebody can help me , i want to implement the
master borwser in my embedded project!

	Thanks.
							Joco.