[Samba] Re: LDAP account management tools?

[Craig White]

On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 07:10 -0500, Matt Lung wrote:
> 
> Craig White wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 10:32 -0500, Matt Lung wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>>----
> >>>There are lots of resources for getting support - this list is user
> >>>supported for free. Expecting personal attention to one's situation is
> >>>probably not reasonable. You can always contract for support, setup
> >>>assistance, etc.
> >>>
> >>>Craig
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Agreed, there are lots of resources for getting help.  Of course 
> >>expecting personal attention to one's problems is not always going to 
> >>happen on a free platform.  When I post to this list however I am asking 
> >>for personal attention every time.  If someone gives that attention back 
> >>is another thing.  But it is free support so you always must keep that 
> >>in mind.  Contracting for support for getting say your home network 
> >>going???  Who is going to want to do that?  Samba is not just used as an 
> >>Enterprise server application.  I'm just suggesting making it easier to 
> >>setup and maintain so just keep an open mind. 
> >>    
> >>
> >----
> >  
> >
> >of course home networking isn't going to involve LDAP (unless you are at
> >my house) so that isn't an issue and most of the distributions give you
> >a tool to configure samba for your home network now or you can always
> >use swat.
> >
> >  
> >
> >This list is simply a users helping users and infrequently, when someone
> >is fortunate enough to have properly researched their problem and stated
> >it simply and clearly enough, they will get answers from samba
> >developers. 
> >
> >These simple facts remain...
> >- open source usage requires the implementer to get involved in the
> >configuation details.
> >
> >- there aren't always nice, neat gui tools for these configuration
> >issues...remember, UNIX/Linux is about text based configuration files
> >and the gui tools tend to make a bludgeon of things that in text
> >form...can be organized, logical and easy enough to change with a simple
> >editor.
> >
> >- samba has the best documentation that I am aware of all open source
> >projects and because of the detail/scope/breadth, people don't want to
> >read it and instead, want to use the mail lists instead.
> >
> >- if we are talking about a business and there's no one on staff capable
> >of handling the issues involved, businesses pay for support.
> >
> >Craig
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> The simple fact was I was just asking if there were plans for a nice 
> web-based server configuration/administration tool that would be offered 
> up by the Samba team.   Since your either part of the Samba Team or are 
> speaking on their behalf, you could have simply said we don't have the 
> developers to take on a project like this, or simply said NO we are not 
> even thinking of doing a project like that.  Good discussion though. 
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there is of course swat

and I am speaking on my own behalf and I have little knowledge of the
toolsets under development either in the 3.x or 4.x branches.

You should consider webmin <http://www.webmin.com> if you want a web
based interface to access/interact the smb.conf but I find that it makes
a mess of my organization of the smb.conf file and don't use it for that
purpose.

Craig