[COMP] Re: e-smith, inc. - index



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#From: "John Madden" <weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <computers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 11:25 AM
Subject: [COMP] Re: e-smith, inc. - index


> > I was thinking that it would probably be trivial to setup a
> > configuration script for samba.  Something that would make
> > it VERY easy to at least get it running, would simply say "OK,
> > we are going to configure SAMBA, if something doesn't work
> > correctly then you can run this again by typing myprogramname
> > at the prompt."  ... something like that, where it asks a few
> > questions and then automatically generates the configfile and
> > puts it in the proper place.
>
> There are actually GUI config utils for Samba, but I haven't tried any of
them.
>  There's also SWAT, which is a mini webserver that'll do all the
configuration
> for you.  I'm not sure I'd trust it security-wise (I won't use it on
production
> machines), and the issue of ease of use comes up: is it really easier to
go
> through configuring swat just so you can configure samba?
>

Good point, also, I'm inline with you here as far as webmin tools.
Opens up an array of security issues imho.  You now have to worry
about the security of the tool itself etc., just not a good idea,
and something worth avoiding whenever possible.

I tried running SWAT once, but it didn't take long before I left
it behind.  Too much of a pain to configure, and only for a service
that might compromise security anyway.

--
Mark




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