Re: Samba, and the latest version.

[jfm2@club-internet.fr]

> 
> >>    In looking doing the basic docs, I noticed we still have a 1.9 Samba
> >> in our distribution.  Is there some reason we don't have the 2.0.3?  I
> >> know you need to go to 2.0.x to run the 2.2.x kernel...  It also has
> >
> >Limited resources.  I had to be selective abouut what I included and
> >remember I wasn't aiming at companies (this is left for future
> >versions) so don't spend effort on company-oriented software that
> >RedHat would be shipping in next version.
> 
>    Understandable.  Of course, the cultural differences are showing
> again. :-)  Everyone I know is running Win95 file and print sharing at
> home too.  The main feature of 2.x that I thought applied was the GUI
> control, and the ability to join a domain.  <Like dial into the office
> domain from home>
> 

With Linuxconf configuring Samba is not so difficult.  This reduced
the added value of Samba 2.0 in the area of easyness of use so I
decided Linuxconf coulfd wait.

> >There is an upgrade kit to 2.2 kernel in the additionals directory.
> >It should include the newer Samba.
> 
>    Does this mean the next release <in 2 months> will run a 2.2 kernel,
> and a 2.0.x Samba?  If so, I will just design that part of the docs
> around the new Samba now.  After all, the docs won't "ship" until the
> new release either. :-)

Of course

> 
>    By the way...  Did you sleep at all when this was a one man show?
> 

Hardly.

-- 
			Jean Francois Martinez

Project Independence: Linux for the Masses
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