Hi Monte and every one reading, On previous posts i said that the O'Reilly's "Using Samba" book is Samba 2.0.5a related. And this book is "The Reference(tm)". Every one who owns the book knows this. We are now on Samba 2.0.7. [Useful Samba documentation ahead] It is very useful to have some more _docs_ available that explain the _differences_ between 2.0.5a and the next releases, as they are 2.0.6 and the current 2.0.7. [General contents] It is located on the _whatsnew_ pages at samba.org. They include the _announce_ and the [WHATS NEW IN Samba 2.0.x] info. For the _whatsnew_ part it includes: 1- New Documentation in ..., if there are some. 2- Related Issues. 3- New/Changed parameters, which are completely necessary. 4- Changes between releases, which explain some of the issues you might have. 5- Changes in 2.0.x wich also explain a lot. 6- more info... [Pertinent locations] are: http://de.samba.org/samba/whatsnew/samba-2.0.5.html http://de.samba.org/samba/whatsnew/samba-2.0.5a.html http://de.samba.org/samba/whatsnew/samba-2.0.6.html http://de.samba.org/samba/whatsnew/samba-2.0.7.html ** Worth print them for detailed review (you need them). As of the "de.samba.org" server you can find the Worldwide mirrors on the _mirrors_ link that appears on page, or on the www.samba.org main page, all of them contain the same material. The rest of the link as: /samba/whatsnew/... is maintained. [Small bits of New/Changed parameters] [Samba 2.0.5a] - security mask (new) - force security mode (new) - directory security mask (new) - force directory mode (new) - level2 oplocks (new) [Samba 2.0.6 ] - wins hook (new) - debug hires timestamp (new) - debug pid (new) - debug uid (new) - preexec close (new) - rootpreexec close (new) - mangle locks (removed) * Syntax for the Linux-specific _smbmount_ (changed) [Samba 2.0.7] * New Documentation in 2.0.7 announcing on- line access from SWAT interface to the O'Reilly's "Using Samba" _donated_ book, as HTML. (Exact copy of book, thus Samba 2.0.5a related.) * Windows 2000 Issues (5) resolved. - utmp (new) - utmp dir (new) - utmp hostname (new) - utmp consolidate (new) - wtmp directory (new) - inherit permissions (new) - write cache size (new) - source environment (new) * SWAT Ability to delete users added. * Roving profile behavior finalized (using the "logon home" parameter instead of the "logon path" parameter) changed to default. [Warning] You must take into account that the _changed-to-default_ parameters will change the behavior of Samba on the release you use. Check them. [Clue] Default parameters, which you did not change, will not appear on your /etc/smb.conf, BUT if you upgrade to another release and maintain your params, you need to double check, and with SWAT open and save, as to see which ones appears on your config file, and what effect they cause. [Comments] It is a powerful and wonderful product, you will need some time to understand and dominate it, if you have some background on _windoze_ net will be of great help. It is also very well documented on- line. You can make a basic setup with it very quick, implemented _defaults_ work without a charm. To fully dominate it you will need profound skills on _windoze_ and test much. And last but not least, you will acquire knowledge that $MS did not write out at all. Have a nice day!! =`8) -- HTH Best regards, Eduardo Carriles [-- Better a smile than a flame --] (Long time SuSE-Linux [preferred distro] user). [-- Se me nota mucho? -- Notices me much?] [-- Have a lot of fun...] -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq