Default SMB.CONF?, Ubuntuguide Confusion?

[Leonard Chatagnier]

> On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 19:48 -0700, Leonard
> Chatagnier wrote:
> > 1. Purged and reinstalled Samba but my smb.conf is
> > exactly the same as before the purge. What do I do
> to
> > get the original default smb.conf back into
> > /etc/samba.
> 
> Did you use Synaptic's "remove completely" option?
> That should remove
> config files as well.
> 
No, but will give it a try. I've got the default
smb.conf now but had to fix a broken samba by
reinstalling all the packages that are part of samba.
Apt does not seem to handle the depends very well.
BTW, I thought "aptitude purge" was supposed to remove
everything including config files as well, but it
didn't.

> > They are the same aren't they????  Why all the
> geek
> > kyrpto crap. If an example was given in these
> cases it
> > wouldn't be so bad. Other places in the guide had
> > examples.  Why don't it just say add 'username"
> and
> > stop confusing the newbies...
> 
> Take a deep breath, Leonard. It will all work
> eventually :-)
> 
Yeah, because I'm a persistent old cuss not because it
just works like most of Ubuntu does.

> It's actually quite unusual for anyone to have the
> level of difficulty
> you have been having - for most people samba in
> Ubuntu "just works". I
> hope we figure out what got in your way...
> 
Yep, it's mostly just samba I'm having trouble with
and the manuals(useless for me). I actually solve most
of my apt problems on my own and config issues also.
I'll follow NoOp's lead and get everything setup and
retry smbmount and "map network drives" with all
defauls settings, see what happens and report back on
results.
Thanks for your comments,
>

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net