samba - Mar 2005 - SWAT features

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Hi, all.

I've been working on SWAT in trunk for the last few weeks.  My work
started as nothing more than a cosmetic redesign, trying to modernize
SWAT and offer a clean, sophisticated interface.  As I've gotten deeper
into this, it seems to me that SWAT could use some improvements to its
overall design -- not just aesthetically, but functionally.

For example, some features seem aimed at making setup as easy as
possible (the wizard tool) while others (globals and shares) offer
complete editing capabilities to smb.conf.  This working at
cross-purposes became clear to me as I tried grouping functions under
3-4 over-arching navigation headings.

My question then -- what do people use SWAT for?  Is it primarily a
web-based front end for editing smb.conf?  An entry point for
documentation?  A gui for setting up Samba without knowing much about
smb.conf?  Also, what features do you like most/least?  And what's
missing from SWAT in your opinion?

Thanks for the input.  Cheers,

deryck

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| Deryck Hodge <deryck@samba.org> writes:
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|>My question then -- what do people use SWAT for?  Is it primarily a
|>web-based front end for editing smb.conf?  An entry point for
|>documentation?  A gui for setting up Samba without knowing much about
|>smb.conf?
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Thanks to all for the comments.  Most replied off list and the comments
were in line with what I expected -- preserve comments, beef up the
wizard functionality.  I really just wanted to make sure that my
understanding of how SWAT is used -- which affects my choice of style,
navigation look, etc. -- was in line with others here.  That looks to be
the case.

I should have something checked into trunk within the week and will look
for further feedback then.  Cheers,

deryck

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Deryck Hodge                            http://www.devurandom.org/
Auburn University Libraries             http://www.lib.auburn.edu/
Samba Team                              http://www.samba.org/

Have you ever stood and stared at it? Marveled at its beauty? Its genius?
Billions of people just living out their lives, oblivious.
- --from _The Matrix_(1999)
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