[Samba] Yet another Samba How-to

[Rubin Bennett]

Any why shouldn't it be?  If you want it to be more distro neutral, then
*you* can foot the bill right?

Rubin

On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 17:29 +0100, solarflow99 wrote:
> why just SUSE then?  you're right, its all about the money..
> 
> On 4/25/08, Rubin Bennett <rbennett at thatitguy.com> wrote: 
>         Now, why would that matter, and how exactly would it be
>         relevant to the
>         fact that Mike (the OP) is putting the document out there for
>         all to
>         share?
>         
>         The attitude that contributing to Free software has to be an
>         unpaid
>         venture is sophomoric, unrealistic, and  drives me absolutely
>         crazy.
>         The fact is that we all have to make a living.  Some of us
>         choose to do
>         what we believe is the right thing, and contribute back to the
>         community
>         in the forms of code, or documentation, or whatever.  The idea
>         that
>         someone who writes code or documentation and contributes it
>         (or even
>         just shares it, retaining copyright as this person appears to
>         have done)
>         is ridiculous.
>         
>         Don't bite the hand that feeds you; anyone who uses free
>         software has
>         been the beneficiary of some freely available code or
>         documentation that
>         the developer or author was renumerated for on many occasions.
>         
>         Rubin
>         
>         On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 17:13 +0100, solarflow99 wrote:
>         > ya right, how much did you get from SUSE/Microsoft for this?
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         > On 4/25/08, Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org> wrote:
>         > >
>         > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 04:13:13PM -0500, Mike Petersen
>         wrote:
>         > > > Hi all,
>         > > >
>         > > > Just wanted to let you guys know that I put together a
>         "High Level"
>         > > > Samba How-to that I believe is very informative for
>         "Samba Beginners". I
>         > > > wrote it using Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server as
>         part of a book I
>         > > > promised a few clients that I contract for - although I
>         did write it in
>         > > > such a way that it can be used for virtually any
>         GNU/Linux Distribution.
>         > > >
>         > > > I wrote this "on my own time" and I am the sole
>         copyright holder - if
>         > > > the Samba Developers want me to either post it as-is on
>         the Samba Wiki
>         > > > or edit out the SLES parts and post it on the Samba Wiki
>         I would be
>         > > > happy to (when I get the time of course :-)
>         > > >
>         > > > You can access the how-to at:
>         > > >
>         > > > http://www.pcc-services.com/sles/samba.html
>         > > >
>         > > >
>         > > > Anyway, feedback is always welcome.
>         > >
>         > > Wow, this is really nicely done ! Thanks a lot !
>         > >
>         > > This is a very nice complement to the Samba docs
>         > > and makes a great HOWTO.
>         > >
>         > > Jeremy.
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>         Rubin Bennett
>         RB Technologies
>         http://thatitguy.com
>         rbennett at thatitguy.com
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>         
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>         temporary security deserve neither liberty nor safety"
>         --Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
>         
>         
> 
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Rubin Bennett
RB Technologies
http://thatitguy.com
rbennett at thatitguy.com
(802)223-4448

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary security deserve neither liberty nor safety"
  --Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759