On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Jeremy (mailing list account) <
listbox@unix-boy.com> wrote:
> On 10/2/2010 9:36 AM, Petri Laihonen wrote:
>
>> I think out of the major 3 bunch, OS X is the most difficult to use. A
>> friend of mine wanted samba in his mac and installing it turned into a
>> dependency hell. Nothing user friendly there. Next thing was to attempt
>> via package manager. No luck there either. (Or I did not find the good
>> ones)
>>
>>
> I'm going to ask this dumb ass question because I really am curious...
>
> Why would you need or want to install Samba on OS X? The system already
> has a built CIFS client and can easy be joined to an Active Directory domain
> straight out of the box. Was there some sort of functionality your friend
> was looking for?
>
>
>
I'd also say that installability of Samba is not a fair usability test for
the typical user.
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