Hi! Not sure who is really responsible for this, but it'd be good to put some more info into the readme file (installation guide) I could not find any explanation for the compile (configure) arguments, except in ./configure --help, which isn't very much explaining. I was trying to get browse list populated accross lan for the last 6 months ( and I've used samba for 2 years before), and finally made it last night with a very random (at least for regular user) move, which was chmod of the samba log dir... .. or adding guest account to be a real account with smbpasswd... You should put those basic info in a single install manual, so users don't spend hours to configure it. It is only a matter of 50 lines or so of the text. ...Samba is a great package of software and all the credit to all people involved in the project. Regards Denis Zvegelj -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed
> BASING Denis Zvegelj wrote: > > Hi! > > Not sure who is really responsible for this, but it'd be good to > put some more info into the readme file (installation guide) > I could not find any explanation for the compile (configure) > arguments, except in ./configure --help, which isn't very much > explaining.If ./configure is in any way daunting to you, I would recommend the binary packages, as they are already customised to your platform.> I was trying to get browse list populated accross lan for the last 6 > months ( and I've used samba for 2 years before), and finally made it > last night with a very random (at least for regular user) move, which > was chmod of the samba log dir... > .. or adding guest account to be a real account with smbpasswd...Neither of these should be required for correct operation. I think it was one of the other 'random' operations you did at the same time. Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett abartlet@pcug.org.au Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team abartlet@samba.org Student Network Administrator, Hawker College abartlet@hawkerc.net samba.org build.samba.org hawkerc.net
On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, BASING Denis Zvegelj wrote:> Hi! > > Not sure who is really responsible for this, but it'd be good to put > some more info into the readme file (installation guide) I could not > find any explanation for the compile (configure) arguments, except in > ./configure --help, which isn't very much explaining. I was trying to > get browse list populated accross lan for the last 6 months ( and I've > used samba for 2 years before), and finally made it last night with a > very random (at least for regular user) move, which was chmod of the > samba log dir... .. or adding guest account to be a real account with > smbpasswd... > > You should put those basic info in a single install manual, so users > don't spend hours to configure it. It is only a matter of 50 lines or > so of the text.People have asked for this from time to time so I thought I would address the topic. The best way to solve this IMO is a smb.conf wizard which will generate a working configuration based on answers to a few simple questions. The problem with a manual is that by nature, it would get very long as it tried to address all needs. A smb.conf generator would act as a guide. This has been discussed and if you are interested in helping (or leading) the work on it, please post a message on samba-technical indicating so. I'm tied up on other projects and am unable to work on something like this. chau, jerry --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hewlett-Packard hp.com SAMBA Team samba.org -- plainjoe.org "Sam's Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours" 2ed. ISBN 0-672-32269-2 --"I never saved anything for the swim back." Ethan Hawk in Gattaca--