The TOC for Server Guide

Bhuvaneswaran bhuvan at ubuntu.com
Thu Jan 18 09:46:54 UTC 2007


On 1/18/07, Matthew East <mdke at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 08:39 +0530, Bhuvaneswaran wrote:
> > On 1/18/07, Matthew East <mdke at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > ...
> > > Well, I don't think it's that simple, but I don't think I explained it
> > > very well. At the moment, the Windows Networking chapter covers Samba,
> > > but that explanation contains detailed material on things like LDAP
> > > which on your wiki page structure is shown as belonging in a separate
> > > chapter ("Network Authentication"). Splitting these up will require a
> > > rewrite of the Samba section. I think it would be easier to retain a
> > > separate section entitled "Windows Networking". What do you think is the
> > > *proper* approach?
> >
> > Yeah, "Windows Networking" chapter contains detailed material about
> > LDAP and Kerbeos based authentication for Samba. But looking into the
> > material it looks like of more theory than a configuration material.
> > Yeah, they also contain a snippet of configuration steps for Samba.
> >
> > So, we can still retain "Network Authentication" as a separate chapter and
> > considering the time and resource we have, I think, its good to
> > include "Windows Networking"  chapter as it is now.
>
> If we can cut out the Network Authentication information and include it
> as a separate chapter, I think it makes sense to go with your original
> suggestion and include the Samba section into the File Server section.
>
> But have a look at the text and see what you think. Currently the
> material in the windows-network.xml file isn't included in the
> serverguide, so go ahead and include it in whichever way you think is
> best.

Ok. I've now included the "Windows Networking" chapter and removed
"Samba Server" section from "File Server" chapter. I've incorporated
this change in the specification and the repository as well.
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Regards,
Bhuvaneswaran
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