[Samba] need some advice
John H Terpstra
jht at samba.org
Thu Jul 29 16:59:28 GMT 2004
On Thursday 29 July 2004 10:03, Greg Folkert wrote:
> Please let me be the first to say sorry for no responses. I tend to help
> those that help themselves or the one that have demonstrated at least
> some persistence.
...
> And, don't think that I haven't gone through the same here. I was really
> frustrated with an ADS/WindowsNT/2K/2K3/Samba/Applications Server/shell
> access/e-mail setup recently... I'd have thank nobody for replying as
> well on 2 separate events.
...
> BUT, to go back to your stuff, The stuff I listed is what I need to
> continue to help you, and maybe others will share the secrets they have
> found.
Greg makes a good point here.
Over the years many people have contributed to answering questions on this
list. Mostly the same questions come up repetitively. It takes a huge time
commitment to answer the requests that are made. Those of us who help out do
it for love and for a desire to help others.
A major effort has been made over the past 12 months to improve Samba
documentation. The product of that is a vastly updated Samba-HOWTO-Collection
that has been published as "The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide",
as well as the Samba-Guide that has been published as "Samba-3 by Example".
Both books are available from Amazon.Com, or can be freely downloaded from:
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/
The Samba-HOWTO-Collection documents the nuts and bolts of how to use
particular features built into Samba. This is principally a technical
reference document. The solutions it contains for the most part cover only
part of a total solution.
The Samba-Guide documents complete network solutions. Each chapter documents a
networking problem, discusses vital aspects of the proposed solution and then
provides a prescriptive guide that begins with a freshly installed Linux
system and then takes the installer through every minute step to deliver a
fully working solution. This book covers the spectrum from small to very
large networks.
Both books are part of the official Samba documentation project. This means
that if you find deficiencies and contribute your solutions or fixes they can
be incorporated so that the next user does not have to go through the same
pain and agony you did.
Where people demonstrate that they have done their homework, have read the
documentation we provide, and still have a problem I will break ice to help
them - particularly if in return they will provide an update to either book.
Please be mindful when asking for help that by explaining your problem on this
list your goal should be to help some else by way of having your problem
solved. This is after all a community help list.
I welcome direct, personal, email that points me to information in the above
books that is either missing, in error, or mis-guided. We want to improve the
documentation so it will help everyone. All contributions by way of patches
to the documentation will be given attribution in the book.
- John T.
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John H Terpstra
Samba-Team Member
Author:
The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: 0131453556
Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216
Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971
OpenLDAP by Example, ISBN: 0131488732
Other books in production.
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