i did the religious
apt-get install samba
and then
apt-get install smbclient # just for testing
(even tho i'd done a full apt-get dist-upgrade, i still
apt-get install things left and right that weren't selected..)
and it complains about not being able to read /etc/samba/smb.conf
and i can see why:
there is none.
i create a blank one via
touch /etc/samba/smb.conf
so at least 'testparm' doesn't choke, and 'smbclient' gets past
the initial retch, on to whining about missing codepage 180 or so.
with a bit-o-editing, smb.conf is now
[homes]
path = /home/%S # redundant but harmless
writeable = true
but i gotta set the bios name and this and that and yada yada.
so, wise folk, please direct me to a utility that creates
such a monster (the smb.conf manpage is only 9000+ lines
long, and i'd like to get SOME sleep this week)...
its name is probably something sensible, like gribnif
or thipnoodler. (sambaconfig, while predictably-named,
is surprisingly predictable at creating a three-line
/etc/samba/debian_config instead of the thousands of
lines that'll wind up in smb.conf.) and so i ask you
knowledgable folk who've been down this path to shed
a bit of light for me.
if there's no create-a-'smb.conf'-utility, perhaps there
are samples out there to start from?
TIA
