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Uh, what is Samba?

Bug #415622 reported by John
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Adam Sommer

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Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs

Ok, I know the documentation is produced by volunteers, but surely we could have saved them a bit of effort here and there? There's a long screed about "Samba and LDAP" (https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverguide/C/samba-ldap.html), which I'm not qualified to assess, but what I can say is that nowhere is there any explanation of what Samba is, or more importantly, why you might need to use it (or why not).
What I'm actually interested in is interoperability between Windows and Ubuntu machines. That doesn't seem to be covered by the online documentation. I don;t have the expertise to correct it, unfortunetely.

peace, love, Yoko
John

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lp:ubuntu/karmic/ubuntu-docs
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Adam Sommer (asommer) wrote :

Hello,

Thank you for reporting this bug, and helping make Ubuntu better. The Samba and LDAP section is a somewhat more advanced configuration for Samba using LDAP to store user and machine account information. More information about Samba can be found in the Windows Networking section linked in the Samba and LDAP section:

  https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverguide/C/windows-networking.html

The link to the more extensive Windows Networking section should probably be at the beginning of the Samba and LDAP section.

Thanks again,
Adam

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Adam Sommer (asommer) wrote :

I've added a link to the Windows Networking section in revision 342.

Thanks again,
Adam

Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Adam Sommer (asommer)
status: New → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-docs - 9.10.7

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ubuntu-docs (9.10.7) karmic; urgency=low

  * General:
    - Refresh pot files
  * Add-applications:
    - Amend add-applications in light of move from gnome-app-install to software-center
  * Serverguide (by Adam Sommer unless otherwise stated):
    - Updating etckeeper section for new version and fixing typo, Thierry Carrez (LP: #432377)
    - Updating the Postgresql section for version 8.4, ~BG (LP: #426971)
    - Fix typos in Chat section, Connor Imes (LP: #410654)
    - Removing note about command line utility differences, Connor Imes (LP: #394728)
    - Update for phpinfo() test script, Christian Wenz (LP: #418045)
    - Added note about manually compiling drbd module in virtual kernels, removed bad config
      line based on feed back from Ante Karamatić (LP: #397241)
    - Apache2 configuration update for more security, and clarification of using SSL
      and Apache2 with Subversion (LP: #383605)
    - Added a link to the Windows Networking section to find more info regarding Samba (LP: #415622)
    - Added priority to MX record example (LP: #425207)
    - Added more configuration options to Amavisd-new section to flag more messages as spam (LP: #363442)
    - Updated mailman Apache2 configuration for latest version of moinmoin (LP: #381802)

 -- Matthew East <email address hidden> Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:07:07 +0100

Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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