[NBLUG/talk] why is Samba so bloody awful

[Bob Blick]

I used to think there was something wrong with me, but I am coming to the
conclusion that Samba is just the most braindead program in the world with
documentation to match. Every time I manage to get it to work it's just a
matter of chance. Oh, it always thinks it's working just fine, but it
never shows up on the network, and every document I've ever read about it
is garbage.

I guess you can tell I've just wasted a couple of hours, eh?

Any hints or pointers to good TO THE POINT documentation that is COMPLETE?

Or if you see anything missing from the list?

Yes, I have an smbusers file with my name and windows aliases.
Yes, I do have home directories shared.
Yes, I ran smbpasswd.
Yes, smbd and nmbd are running.
Yes, I have waited 20 minutes for the network to sort itself out.
Yes, the network is up and Windows sees the other linux box.

Thanks,

Bob