howto: Update instructions for git, and use ReST formatting.

(This used to be commit 8deaaa52d305e799d04fc879c25ccbf82f01287e)

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diff --git a/howto.txt b/howto.txt
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--- a/howto.txt
+++ b/howto.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 Samba4 developer howto
-----------------------
+======================
 
 tridge@samba.org, December 2004
 
-
 A more up to date version of this howto can be found in the wiki 
 at http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO.
 
@@ -12,31 +11,32 @@ server. This is aimed at developers who are already familiar with
 Samba3 and wish to participate in Samba4 development. This is not
 aimed at production use of Samba4.
 
+.. contents::
 
 Step 1: download Samba4
 -----------------------
 
 There are 2 methods of doing this:
 
-  method 1:  "rsync -avz samba.org::ftp/unpacked/samba4 ."
+  method 1:  "rsync -avz samba.org::ftp/unpacked/samba_4_0_test/ samba4"
 
-  method 2:  "svn co svn://svnanon.samba.org/samba/branches/SAMBA_4_0 samba4"
+  method 2:  "git clone git://git.samba.org/samba.git samba4; cd samba4; git checkout v4-0-test; cd .."
 
 both methods will create a directory called "samba4" in the current
-directory. If you don't have rsync or svn then install one of them. 
+directory. If you don't have rsync or git then install one of them. 
 
 Since only released versions of Samba contain a pregenerated configure script, 
-you will have to generate it by hand:
+you will have to generate it by hand::
 
  $ cd samba4/source
  $ ./autogen.sh
 
-Note that the above rsync command will give you a checked out svn
-repository. So if you also have svn you can update it to the latest
-version at some future date using:
+Note that the above rsync command will give you a checked out git
+repository. So if you also have git you can update it to the latest
+version at some future date using::
 
   $ cd samba4
-  $ svn up
+  $ git pull origin v4-0-test
 
 Step 2: compile Samba4
 ----------------------
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Recommended optional development libraries:
 - gnutls
 - readline
 
-Run this:
+Run this::
 
   $ cd samba4/source
   $ ./configure
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ Step 3: install Samba4
 Run this as a user who have permission to write to the install
 directory (defaults to /usr/local/samba). Use --prefix option to
 configure above to change this.
+
+::
  
   # make install
 
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ binary is installed in a directory listed in your PATH environment variable.
 It is presumed it's available just like any other commands from your shell.
 Must be run as a user with permission to write to the install directory.
 
+::
+
   # cd source
   # ./setup/provision --realm=YOUR.REALM --domain=YOURDOM \
   #  --adminpass=SOMEPASSWORD --server-role='domain controller'
@@ -89,7 +93,7 @@ Step 5: Create a simple smb.conf
 
 The provisioning will create a very simple smb.conf with no shares by
 default. You will need to update it to add at least one share. For
-example:
+example::
 
   [test]
 	path = /data/test
@@ -100,7 +104,7 @@ Step 6: starting Samba4
 -----------------------
 
 The simplest is to just run "smbd", but as a developer you may find
-the following more useful:
+the following more useful::
 
    # smbd -i -M single
 
@@ -119,11 +123,13 @@ in your $PATH. Make sure you run the right version!
 Step 7: testing Samba4
 ----------------------
 
-try these commands:
+try these commands::
 
-     $ smbclient //localhost/test -Uadministrator%SOMEPASSWORD
-    or
-     $ ./script/tests/test_posix.sh //localhost/test administrator SOMEPASSWORD
+  $ smbclient //localhost/test -Uadministrator%SOMEPASSWORD
+
+or::
+
+  $ ./script/tests/test_posix.sh //localhost/test administrator SOMEPASSWORD
 
 
 NOTE about filesystem support
@@ -133,23 +139,23 @@ To use the advanced features of Samba4 you need a filesystem that
 supports both the "user" and "system" xattr namespaces.
 
 If you run Linux with a 2.6 kernel and ext3 this means you need to
-include the option "user_xattr" in your /etc/fstab. For example:
+include the option "user_xattr" in your /etc/fstab. For example::
 
-/dev/hda3		/home			ext3    user_xattr     1 1
+   /dev/hda3		/home			ext3    user_xattr     1 1
 
 You also need to compile your kernel with the XATTR and SECURITY
-options for your filesystem. For ext3 that means you need:
+options for your filesystem. For ext3 that means you need::
 
    CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y
    CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY=y
 
 If you are running a Linux 2.6 kernel with CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC
-defined you can check this with the following command:
+defined you can check this with the following command::
 
    $ zgrep CONFIG_EXT3_FS /proc/config.gz
 
 If you don't have a filesystem with xattr support, then you can
-simulate it by using the option:
+simulate it by using the option::
 
    posix:eadb = /usr/local/samba/eadb.tdb
 
@@ -161,7 +167,7 @@ Testing your filesystem
 -----------------------
 
 To test your filesystem support, install the 'attr' package and run
-the following 4 commands as root:
+the following 4 commands as root::
 
   # touch test.txt
   # setfattr -n user.test -v test test.txt
@@ -169,11 +175,11 @@ the following 4 commands as root:
   # getfattr -d test.txt
   # getfattr -n security.test -d test.txt
 
-You should see output like this:
+You should see output like this::
 
   # file: test.txt
   user.test="test"
-
+  
   # file: test.txt
   security.test="test2"
 
@@ -184,4 +190,5 @@ with the right options.
 If you get any "Operation not permitted" errors then it probably means
 you didn't try the test as root.
 
-
+..
+	vim: ft=rest