Re: [school-discuss] Samba - Taking the Plunge

[William Abernathy <william@inch.com>]

Start with a small, independent test network and work your way up. Use SWAT to 
get going. Find the nearest Samba mirror at http://www.samba.org and go to town. 
  The only other suggestion I would have is to try to maintain a clear vision of 
what it is you want to do with your network while you play around with the 
buttons in SWAT, and to keep a sharp eye out for conflicts that make samba choke.

There's also a cool tool for checking up on your smb.conf file (the list of 
settings that makes samba go), called netparm, run from the command line, that 
gives you a heads up on the viability of your configuration.

Good luck!

--WA

Kyle Hutson wrote:

> I've talked our school administration into trying Linux w/ Samba to
> replace our Netware Network. Any particular management tips or
> gotchas? Even a good website to get started would be helpful.
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> Thanks!
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> Kyle Hutson /  Director of Technology  / Rock Creek Schools:  USD323
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> smyle@rockcreek.k12.ks.us                               785-494-8591
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> Actually I am a laboratory mouse posing as an engineer as part of an
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