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.

AC> And for anyone not running Windows PCs on their network,
AC> probably quite useless.

 ROFL! Isn't that what SAMBA does?

AC> I think SWAT or Webmin go some way to aiding Samba
AC> configuration, although I don't use either personally, and
AC> never really had much trouble setting up Samba myself. 

AC> Unfortunately Bob's message was completely devoid of any
AC> specific problems he has with Samba so it's pretty hard to give
AC> a decent answer. A quick search on Google would've provided
AC> some example configuration files though, if that's what he's
AC> after. 

 My only problem with SAMBA was in trying to make sense of the
documentation - a severe lack of understanding. How can anyone write
150 pages to describe a config file that is only 20-lines long? And
that's the long version! I'm a mile past sample configuration files. I
last used worked examples at high school in the 1950's.

AC> Blaming Samba's problems on Linux is a bit of a stretch!

 In SAMBA, I have discovered that it is pointless giving network
access to files that Linux denies. I have also discovered that even as
root, it is impossible to change access to files on a Windows drive.
Hence, I blame fucking Linux!

 It seems tro me that Linux is designed to *prevent* shared access to
files, the same nanny-mentality that pervades Microsoft... "Don't tell
us what you want; ask what we allow." There is absolutely nothing to
stop me taking theside of the box, ripping out the hard drive, and
trashing it! Why do these DICKEAD uniwanker programmers think that
software should be any different? If I want to give free access to the
files on a drive, why the hell not?

 *That's* why I blame fucking Linux. It's wall-to-wall uniwanker.

 BTW, a "uniwanker" is a dork with a university degree (probably PhD)
b ut with no experience of the real world, commerce, or any fucking
thing else. They are attracted to Linux like flies to rotten meat,
and more uniwanker maggots are the result.

Regards,
Bob

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