On 24/07/2019 22:21, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jul 2019 20:39:23 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>> The point s it is not really a linux issue. Its a windows issue. and
>> saying 'I dont understand Linux' when he means 'I dont understand
>> Windows' is not exactly conducive to further assistance
>>
> Its a bit of both, but only because somebody on Redmond thought it would
> be good idea to change Windows behavior, probably just because he could,
> and this has been compounded by the OPs lack of Linux knowledge and
> failure to read Samba docs well enough to find that different usernames
> mapping has been a known, documented and solved problem since at least
> 2000 - my copy of O'Reilly's "Samba", (c) 2000 covers it.
>
>> Everything that has been said, could have been gleaned by careful
>> internet research.
>>
> ... yes - a web search for "Samba" produced the Wikipedia reference as
> the 4th item in the results list and that articles' External Link is a
> reference to the Samba home website.
>
> The OP would probably be a lot further on if he had a copy of either
>
> "Linux in a Nutshell"
>
> or the
>
> "Linux Pocket Guide"

I'll check both out.

>
> simply because most people get on better once they realise that Linux
> essentially reverses the relationship between GUI and command line
> compared with Windows: in Linux the desktop is really a fancy cover for
> the command line while in Windows the command line is only there so you
> can do stuff the GUI developers couldn't be arsed to implement - at least
> thats how it often seems to me, though I accept that PowerShell may have
> changed the balance in recent Windowses, but I digress...
>
> Either book I mentioned should point him at the 'man' and 'apropos'
> commands and with that, which are the key to finding useful commands.
> Similarly, if you're using Raspbian, you should have bookmarks for
>
> www.debian.org   - the mother lode for Debian Linux, which contains
>
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ - the Debian
> reference manual
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/ - the Debian wiki
>
>

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