Author: obnox Date: 2009-04-03 16:19:03 +0000 (Fri, 03 Apr 2009) New Revision: 1283
WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba-web&rev=1283 Log: Publish a comment on the main web site. Michael Modified: trunk/index.html Changeset: Modified: trunk/index.html =================================================================== --- trunk/index.html 2009-04-01 13:09:35 UTC (rev 1282) +++ trunk/index.html 2009-04-03 16:19:03 UTC (rev 1283) @@ -19,6 +19,68 @@ <h2>Current Release</h2> + <h4>3 April 2009</h4> + <p class="headline">Samba and GUIs</p> + + <p>Krishna Ganugapati recently in an + <a + href="http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2009/03/31/interview-with-krishna-ganugapati-vp-of-engineering-likewise-software/";>interview</a> + pointed out that + Samba has no GUI style tools. Krishna is probably referring to Samba's + capability to be configured by editing the configuration in the smb.conf + file.</p> + + <ul> + <li><p>Even though command shell geeks may still prefer this method, the team + addresses the main goal of Samba to provide seamless interoperability + with Windows clients. So, in its best sense, the Microsoft Management + Console is the GUI. We provide the RPC-based infrastructure for Windows + administrators to configure Samba using the tools they are used to.</p> + + <p>Some of those RPC services were provided a couple of years ago by + Centeris, now renamed to + <a href="http://www.likewisesoftware.com";>Likewise</a>, + the company Krishna is working for. Thanks for that, we hope there will be + more contributions to Samba like that from Likewise in the future!</p> + + </li> + + <li><p>Michael Adam has done great work to make the registry-based configuration + happen. With Samba 3.2 and even more so with Samba 3.3 you can configure + everything you can not do via the MMC with your well-known regedit.exe + from Windows. This very well matches expectations of Windows administrators: + The normal day-to-day administration is done via the MMC, and when it comes + down to fine-tuning, you need to dive into the registry.</p> + + <p>For an introduction to the registry configuration, see Michael's <a + href="http://www.samba.org/~obnox/presentations/linux-kongress-2008/lk2008-obnox.pdf";>paper</a>, + presented at the Linux Kongress 2008, published in the proceedings with ISBN + 978-3-86541-300-0.</p></li> + + <li><p>Günther Deschner has developed a gtk-based utility to join a + domain. Screenshots can be found on <a + href="http://samba.org/~gd/netdomjoin-gui/";>samba.org</a>. This shipped with + Samba 3.2.0 and can be compiled easily wherever the gtk libraries are + available. See the <a + href="http://sambaxp.org/files/SambaXP2008-DATA/01-07-Guenther_Deschner-joining_a_domain.pdf";>slides</a> of Günther's 2008 SambaXP talk.</p></li> + </ul> + + <p>We also take issue with Likewise's claim + that pushing changes upstream into Samba is a challenge.</p> + + <p>The Samba project has many corporate contributors + who have found that working <b>with</b> the Open Source/Free Software + Community is preferable to developing a parallel + technology under their sole control. Companies + such as IBM, HP, Intel, Apple, Red Hat, Novell, Isilon, + Data Domain, ReadyNAS (now NetGear) and Veritas (now Symantec) have + worked with the Samba Team to create a shared, compelling file, print + and authentication service that can be used by + everyone and is developed as a community of equals.</p> + + <p>Volker Lendecke and Jeremy Allison<br> + Samba Team</p> + <h4><a name="latest">1 April 2009</a></h4> <p class="headline">Samba 3.3.3 Available for Download</p>
