[Samba] Auto-configure Samba to offer same shares as Windows on dual-boot machine

[Michael Wood]

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.

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Michael Wood <esiotrot at gmail.com>