Sanjeev Ghane Gupta wrote:
I have used SWAT precisely once, 4 years ago. I had a well-commented
smb.conf file, needed to add a new share, so used SWAT.
It added the new share, stripped ALL comments, and re-wrote smb.conf.
No backup.
Unforgivable.
But isnt this the same with any frontend/shell to
Sandip Bhattacharya wrote:
Sanjeev Ghane Gupta wrote:
It added the new share, stripped ALL comments, and re-wrote smb.conf.
No backup.
Unforgivable.
It is virtually unthinkable to ever make an UI which can reliably
handle preserving comments to options.
True. I am not asking that it
Hi,
We have lots of non-technical employees who need to create
files/directory shares on their red hat linux machines.
Appreciate help on following
a) Apart from SAMBA, is there any other alternative which is easy to use
and user friendly ?
b) What do generally list admins recommend and use
Sandip == Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Sandip anil bindal wrote:
a) Apart from SAMBA, is there any other alternative which is
easy to use and user friendly ?
b) What do generally list admins recommend and use on this list
for easy sharing (
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From: Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [ilugd] SAMBA server config... best tool ??
Sandip == Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Sandip anil bindal
--- komal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Raju , Would you please elaborate more on why Swat is a Bad Idea (tm)
Komal
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SWAT stands for Samba Web Administration Tool.
Google/linux came up with this
http://samba.linuxbe.org/en/samba/learn/swat.html
The problem AFAIK with swat is that it is
Raj Mathur wrote:
Eww, please don't recommend that POS called Swat! Use Webmin (I'm
sure it has a Samba plugin) or better yet edit the files manually.
Swat is a Bad Idea(tm), just like GUI front-ends to Iptables.
And could you tell me how it is a bad solution to the OP's question?
swat comes by
anil bindal wrote:
Hi,
a) Apart from SAMBA, is there any other alternative which is easy to use
and user friendly ?
I think the way to do this in *nix world is through NFS. I am not a NFS
man myself, but people who use it for sharing files are generally happy
with it.
Another plus point about
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Sandip anil bindal wrote:
a) Apart from SAMBA, is there any other alternative which is
easy to use and user friendly ?
