Samba Server

[William Hammond]

At 01:36 AM 4/23/2008, you wrote:

> > Since I just installed swat sudo apt-get install swat
> > I forgot about checking initd,
> > The command doesn't fail, it just doesn't come up and I have
> > to do a ctrl+c to abort.
> >
>There is no init.d script for swat, because it is started by inetd (or
>xinetd, or another super daemon, depending what you use for this). Just
>try to find out what you are using (inetd, xinetd, something else) and
>look in the configuration file if swat is setup correctly. Feel free to
>ask if you need help for this.
> > Your a brave man for using vi,
> >
><OFFTOPIC>
>Oh then I am brave, too ;-). As several other Unix/Linux admins ;-). vi
>(and maybe emacs, too) is really good for editing configuration files!
>But you have to learn the "vi way". I can only recommend to try it.
>There are a lot of tutorials and "How Tos" in the net. And you can
>rescue a Unix/Linux system with it, even when al these nice GUIs break
>apart.
></OFFTOPIC>
> >
> > Some books recommend X with something like Windowmaker, but I 
> don't see those
> > options with Ubuntu
> >
>I think you should try and read Ubuntu documentation first, before you
>try some other documentation.
>
>Two great resource is the Ubuntu Wiki:
>
>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/
>
>and
>
>https://help.ubuntu.com/
>
>And several good forums and localized websites. (For germany it is
>wiki.ubuntuuser.de)
>
>Here are three links that might help you:
>
>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ComprehensiveSambaGuide?highlight=(Samba)
>
>https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba
>
>https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSambaPDC
>
>and you really should read
>
>man swat
>
>And search the web for "setting up SWAT in Ubuntu" or something similar.
>
>And I can not resist to say this: all I ever needed to configure a SAMBA
>server was the vi and SWAT. This works great. Even on complex networks.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Michael
>

Getting way off topic and it's my fault.
Swat was an easy solution,
I have read and am reading.
I don't want to become an administrator and have no need to.
What I want is suggestions of those that have flown before me for 
some basic add on tools
to make the process easier. I will never need to write a script, I 
don't develop on Linux (at least not for now).
I use Delphi, .NET, C# and Visual Foxpro, that's enough for now.

The Ubuntu server is only going to do two things, a File Server 
(Samba) and backup, probably a commercial
product like NovaNET to make it easier for users on site where there 
is no IT help. I have a few of these running
now under SuSE SLES 9, running without incident for several years now.

I want to duplicate that ease with Ubuntu Server.
Sorry for bringing Swat into the picture.

You have all been very patient and helpful.


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