> Hi all,

RG> I'm not all. Just one. :-)

 Hi one (just)...

> Everyone tells me that Samba is fabulous,

RG> Fuck, I've never heard anyone call Samba Fabulous before. It is
RG> probably the most complex, difficult to configure and
RG> unreliable peice of network/fileshare software that I've had
RG> the misfortune to use.

 Weren't you the one (just) who recommended it?

RG> Unfortunetly it is also about the only means of filesharing
RG> between Linux and Windows available, as such, we just learn to
RG> live with it.

RG> I'm sure that no one really LIKES it though.

 Add me to the list...

RG> Who are these dickheads that told you it was fabulous?

 A  dickhead called Rod, in SA, I think...

 Actually, it seems to work quite well. I'd give odds that a genuine
genius wrote it, lost interest once it worked (as is the genius wont),
and a certified dickhead wrote the manual for him, only half-aware fo
what the fuck it was.

 I'm actually past that now. I can make the bugger sit up and beg...
but when it comes to permissions, SAMBA defers to Linux itself, which
I begin to understand, also defers to any *other* system such as DOS.
It's driving me mad (whoop, whoop whoop!) trying to make Linux let me
edit my files on the Windows drives.

 So far, a hardware firewall and router is looking pretty good, and
to HELL! with fucking Linux.

Regards,
Bob


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