Re: samba's /etc/samba/cmb.conf -- empty?
There's a pretty good walk-thru ("newbieized help file") on configuring Samba
at:
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/network/samba/samba1.html
Give it a try.
* w trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [27-04-2000 06:12 AM -0500]
> i did the religious
> apt-get install samba
> and then
> apt-get install smbclient # just for testing
> (even tho i'd done a full apt-get dist-upgrade, i still
> apt-get install things left and right that weren't selected..)
>
> and it complains about not being able to read /etc/samba/smb.conf
> and i can see why:
>
> there is none.
>
> i create a blank one via
>
> touch /etc/samba/smb.conf
>
> so at least 'testparm' doesn't choke, and 'smbclient' gets past
> the initial retch, on to whining about missing codepage 180 or so.
>
> with a bit-o-editing, smb.conf is now
> [homes]
> path = /home/%S # redundant but harmless
> writeable = true
> but i gotta set the bios name and this and that and yada yada.
>
> so, wise folk, please direct me to a utility that creates
> such a monster (the smb.conf manpage is only 9000+ lines
> long, and i'd like to get SOME sleep this week)...
>
> its name is probably something sensible, like gribnif
> or thipnoodler. (sambaconfig, while predictably-named,
> is surprisingly predictable at creating a three-line
> /etc/samba/debian_config instead of the thousands of
> lines that'll wind up in smb.conf.) and so i ask you
> knowledgable folk who've been down this path to shed
> a bit of light for me.
>
> if there's no create-a-'smb.conf'-utility, perhaps there
> are samples out there to start from?
Re: samba's /etc/samba/cmb.conf -- empty?
On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, w trillich wrote: > of course, since apt-get update / apt-get dist-upgrade didn't install > everything (or download everything, for that matter) i don't know > why i insist on thinking that apt-get install somepkg would include > the pertinences relating to that package. it does install flaming > dependencies, but that's all. > > plus, the doc/samba* directories had more than just copyright info > in them, so i figured those meager docs were all there was available. > > so i'm back to asking 'how can we find out what packages are available > without having to irritate the folks on this list?' When you do an 'apt-get update', apt stores the downloaded package-description files in /var/state/apt/lists. So when I install a new package I alway search for its description in these files to see what's in the 'Recommends:' and 'Suggests:' fields.
Re: samba's /etc/samba/cmb.conf -- empty?
On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 02:45:29PM +0200, Harry ten Berge wrote: > > > There are sample 'smb.conf' files in 'samba-doc'. However, if you don't > want to spent a enormous amount of time (Samba is great, Samba is the > best, BUT IT'S HUGE!!!) configuring, take a look at > SWAT. It's a web-based configuration tool. I've always been partial to gnosamba, but that's because i've never much linked web-based config tools ;) -- finger for GPG public key. pgpQbBZS5FyfY.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: samba's /etc/samba/cmb.conf -- empty?
On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 02:52:00PM -0500, w trillich wrote: > so i'm back to asking 'how can we find out what packages are available > without having to irritate the folks on this list?' One good way, if you know kind of what you are looking for is dpkg -l For example: ($ ~)-> dpkg -l *samba* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name VersionDescription +++-==-==- pn gtksamba(no description available) pn gtksamba-gnome (no description available) ii samba 2.0.6-5A LanManager like file and printer server fo ii samba-common 2.0.6-5Samba common files used by both the server a pn samba-doc (no description available) in this case, it doesn't tell you everything, but it's a good start. Good luck, Chris Gray -- pick, pack, pock, puck: like drops of water in a fountain falling softly in the brimming bowl.
Re: samba's /etc/samba/cmb.conf -- empty?
what was i thinking? when i saw that /usr/share/doc/samba* included samba/ and samba-common/ i figured that i'd yanked everything pertinent to samba. Harry ten Berge wrote: > There are sample 'smb.conf' files in 'samba-doc'. However, if you don't > want to spent a enormous amount of time (Samba is great, Samba is the > best, BUT IT'S HUGE!!!) configuring, take a look at > SWAT. It's a web-based configuration tool. > > If you only want to share some directories and nothing fancy I suggest > you start with one of the examples in 'samba-doc'. of course, since apt-get update / apt-get dist-upgrade didn't install everything (or download everything, for that matter) i don't know why i insist on thinking that apt-get install somepkg would include the pertinences relating to that package. it does install flaming dependencies, but that's all. plus, the doc/samba* directories had more than just copyright info in them, so i figured those meager docs were all there was available. so i'm back to asking 'how can we find out what packages are available without having to irritate the folks on this list?' or am i just using the wrong apt* command? -- thanks for the tip!
Re: samba's /etc/samba/cmb.conf -- empty?
w trillich wrote: > > i did the religious > apt-get install samba > and then > apt-get install smbclient # just for testing > (even tho i'd done a full apt-get dist-upgrade, i still > apt-get install things left and right that weren't selected..) > > and it complains about not being able to read /etc/samba/smb.conf > and i can see why: > > there is none. > > i create a blank one via > > touch /etc/samba/smb.conf > > so at least 'testparm' doesn't choke, and 'smbclient' gets past > the initial retch, on to whining about missing codepage 180 or so. > > with a bit-o-editing, smb.conf is now > [homes] >path = /home/%S # redundant but harmless >writeable = true > but i gotta set the bios name and this and that and yada yada. > > so, wise folk, please direct me to a utility that creates > such a monster (the smb.conf manpage is only 9000+ lines > long, and i'd like to get SOME sleep this week)... > > its name is probably something sensible, like gribnif > or thipnoodler. (sambaconfig, while predictably-named, > is surprisingly predictable at creating a three-line > /etc/samba/debian_config instead of the thousands of > lines that'll wind up in smb.conf.) and so i ask you > knowledgable folk who've been down this path to shed > a bit of light for me. > > if there's no create-a-'smb.conf'-utility, perhaps there > are samples out there to start from? > > TIA There are sample 'smb.conf' files in 'samba-doc'. However, if you don't want to spent a enormous amount of time (Samba is great, Samba is the best, BUT IT'S HUGE!!!) configuring, take a look at SWAT. It's a web-based configuration tool. If you only want to share some directories and nothing fancy I suggest you start with one of the examples in 'samba-doc'. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Harry ten Berge - computer engineering - === With Microsoft products, failure is not an option - it's a standard component. Choose your life. Choose your future. Choose Linux.
