412. system-config-samba on debian

I don't use samba anymore, but I do remember that Ubuntu had a very simple tool for setting up samba shares (turns out it's by redhat, not canonical). While it might be better in the long run to craft your own smb.conf, system-config-samba is convenient for quickly setting things up.

Anyway, someone at forums.debian.net asked for it, which got me thinking about making a post:

sudo apt-get install build-essential gfortran checkinstall python-all-dev cdbs debhelper quilt intltool python-central rarian-compat pkg-config gnome-doc-utils samba python-libuser libuser1 python-glade2
mkdir ~/tmp
cd ~/tmp
wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/system-config-samba_1.2.63.orig.tar.gz
tar xvf system-config-samba_1.2.63.orig.tar.gz
wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/system-config-samba_1.2.63-0ubuntu5.diff.gz
gunzip system-config-samba_1.2.63-0ubuntu5.diff.gz
patch -p0 < system-config-samba_1.2.63-0ubuntu5.diff
cd system-config-samba-1.2.63/
dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us
sudo dpkg -i ../system-config-samba_1.2.63-0ubuntu5_all.deb
sudo touch /etc/libuser.conf
gksu system-config-samba

And here we go:

i.e. it at the very least reads my /etc/samba/smb.conf accurately.

To make system-config-samba show up in your gnome menus, add it via Main Menu. Make sure to include gksu in the command to launch it.