samba - Nov 2009 - Auto-configure Samba to offer same shares as Windows on dual-boot machine

Does anyone know of either a standalone tool or a distribution's 
install&setup procedure which can set up samba shares by looking at what 
a windows installation on the same computer does- say, by checking 
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares, figuring 
where the directories being shared are mounted, matching printers to 
those configured in Linux/etc, and offering all of these with the same 
share names used in the Windows install?

If not, why not? Has it just not been tried? It seems to me that 
something along these lines would be a major advantage in easing 
people's transitions from Windows to Linux or other platforms.

2009/11/25 Daniel Jensen <jensend at iname.com>:
> Does anyone know of either a standalone tool or a distribution's
> install&setup procedure which can set up samba shares by looking at
what a
> windows installation on the same computer does- say, by checking
> HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares, figuring where
> the directories being shared are mounted, matching printers to those
> configured in Linux/etc, and offering all of these with the same share
names
> used in the Windows install?
>
> If not, why not? Has it just not been tried? It seems to me that something
> along these lines would be a major advantage in easing people's
transitions
> from Windows to Linux or other platforms.
It seems to me Fedora, Ubuntu, etc. might be interested in this.

-- 
Michael Wood <esiotrot at gmail.com>