[Samba] Samba documentation team

[DNK]

On Mar 24, 2014, at 3:15 AM, L.P.H. van Belle <belle at bazuin.nl> wrote:

> Hai, wanted to be there, but cant, grand parent thingy. 
> 
> So what i wanted to say, aka my suggestion, in advanced. 
> 
> Howto install samba ( basis ) 
> - from source - source howto. 
> 
> - from distro - types distros - howtos
> 		   - Debian/Ubuntu ( debian based/ example Mint )
> 				- Debian/ubuntu samba ( And backports ) 
> 				- Sernet samba 
> 		   - Centos/Red-hat
> 		   - OpenSuse
> 
> (basic, installed?)
> 
> choose setup
> - > what kind of setup.
> 	-> single server	-> setup time,dns,dhcp? 
> 	-> multiple DC	-> setup time,dns,dhcp servers ( for example, dhcp with failover, multimaster dns (BIND9_DLZ), 2 time servers ) 
> 	-> Member server	-> 
> 	-> Print server	-> 
> 	-> Domain Join in samba	  -> 
> 	-> Domain Join in windows -> 
> 
> - Extra software working with samba.
> 	- openXchange
> 	- zafafa
> 	- some other lots used examples.
> 
> remove the full path in the commands ( aka /usr/local/bin ) from samba-tool 
> now we can use the example commands in any distro. 
> 
> This is how i'm writing my documentation. 
> 
> and a "just" samba howto is nice, but we need to handle the dhcp/time and dns also in the howto.
> or at least some good examples so users know howto setup.
> 
> 
> 
> Greetz, 
> 
> Louis

I’m too new with Samba to effectively add to the documentation, however the types of things that Louis mentioned are exactly what should be up there. As someone who is new to V4.X, having the docs include things that are common or best practice outside of samba (itself) included is invaluable for expediting new people into the ecosystem. Sure everyone can piece it together (as we all have done before), but it just helps people be more productive with the product much faster.

Just a thought from someone who is currently reading a lot of the existing documentation to get up to speed.

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