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30 >SAMBA Project Documentation</A
53 >This book is a collection of HOWTOs added to Samba documentation over the years.
54 I try to ensure that all are current, but sometimes the is a larger job
55 than one person can maintain. The most recent version of this document
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59 >http://www.samba.org/</A
61 on the "Documentation" page. Please send updates to <A
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72 >This documentation is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL)
73 version 2. A copy of the license is included with the Samba source
74 distribution. A copy can be found on-line at <A
75 HREF="http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.txt"
77 >http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.txt</A
90 HREF="introduction.html"
91 >General installation</A
98 >How to Install and Test SAMBA</A
104 HREF="install.html#AEN26"
105 >Obtaining and installing samba</A
109 HREF="install.html#AEN31"
110 >Configuring samba</A
114 HREF="install.html#AEN64"
115 >Try listing the shares available on your
120 HREF="install.html#AEN73"
121 >Try connecting with the unix client</A
125 HREF="install.html#AEN89"
126 >Try connecting from a DOS, WfWg, Win9x, WinNT,
127 Win2k, OS/2, etc... client</A
131 HREF="install.html#AEN103"
132 >What If Things Don't Work?</A
138 HREF="browsing-quick.html"
139 >Quick Cross Subnet Browsing / Cross Workgroup Browsing guide</A
145 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN130"
150 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN139"
151 >How browsing functions and how to deploy stable and
152 dependable browsing using Samba</A
156 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN149"
157 >Use of the "Remote Announce" parameter</A
161 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN163"
162 >Use of the "Remote Browse Sync" parameter</A
166 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN168"
171 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN179"
172 >Do NOT use more than one (1) protocol on MS Windows machines</A
176 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN187"
177 >Name Resolution Order</A
184 >User information database</A
190 HREF="passdb.html#AEN244"
195 HREF="passdb.html#AEN251"
196 >Important Notes About Security</A
200 HREF="passdb.html#AEN289"
201 >The smbpasswd Command</A
205 HREF="passdb.html#AEN320"
210 HREF="passdb.html#AEN325"
215 HREF="passdb.html#AEN328"
220 HREF="passdb.html#AEN546"
225 HREF="passdb.html#AEN594"
226 >Passdb XML plugin</A
235 >Type of installation</A
241 HREF="servertype.html"
242 >Nomenclature of Server Types</A
248 HREF="servertype.html#AEN639"
249 >Stand Alone Server</A
253 HREF="servertype.html#AEN646"
254 >Domain Member Server</A
258 HREF="servertype.html#AEN652"
259 >Domain Controller</A
265 HREF="securitylevels.html"
266 >Samba as Stand-Alone Server</A
272 HREF="securitylevels.html#AEN681"
273 >User and Share security level</A
279 HREF="samba-pdc.html"
280 >Samba as an NT4 or Win2k Primary Domain Controller</A
286 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN785"
287 >Prerequisite Reading</A
291 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN790"
296 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN830"
297 >Configuring the Samba Domain Controller</A
301 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN872"
302 >Creating Machine Trust Accounts and Joining Clients to the Domain</A
306 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN980"
307 >Common Problems and Errors</A
311 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN1026"
312 >What other help can I get?</A
316 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN1140"
317 >Domain Control for Windows 9x/ME</A
323 HREF="samba-bdc.html"
324 >Samba Backup Domain Controller to Samba Domain Control</A
330 HREF="samba-bdc.html#AEN1193"
331 >Prerequisite Reading</A
335 HREF="samba-bdc.html#AEN1197"
340 HREF="samba-bdc.html#AEN1205"
341 >What qualifies a Domain Controller on the network?</A
345 HREF="samba-bdc.html#AEN1214"
346 >Can Samba be a Backup Domain Controller to an NT PDC?</A
350 HREF="samba-bdc.html#AEN1219"
351 >How do I set up a Samba BDC?</A
358 >Samba as a ADS domain member</A
364 HREF="ads.html#AEN1251"
372 HREF="ads.html#AEN1262"
380 HREF="ads.html#AEN1273"
381 >Create the computer account</A
385 HREF="ads.html#AEN1285"
386 >Test your server setup</A
390 HREF="ads.html#AEN1290"
391 >Testing with smbclient</A
395 HREF="ads.html#AEN1293"
402 HREF="domain-security.html"
403 >Samba as a NT4 or Win2k domain member</A
409 HREF="domain-security.html#AEN1315"
410 >Joining an NT Domain with Samba 3.0</A
414 HREF="domain-security.html#AEN1369"
415 >Why is this better than security = server?</A
424 >Advanced Configuration</A
430 HREF="advancednetworkmanagement.html"
437 HREF="advancednetworkmanagement.html#AEN1401"
438 >Basic System Policy Info</A
442 HREF="advancednetworkmanagement.html#AEN1456"
449 HREF="unix-permissions.html"
450 >UNIX Permission Bits and Windows NT Access Control Lists</A
456 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1663"
457 >Viewing and changing UNIX permissions using the NT
462 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1667"
463 >How to view file security on a Samba share</A
467 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1678"
468 >Viewing file ownership</A
472 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1698"
473 >Viewing file or directory permissions</A
477 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1734"
478 >Modifying file or directory permissions</A
482 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1756"
483 >Interaction with the standard Samba create mask
488 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1810"
489 >Interaction with the standard Samba file attribute
496 HREF="groupmapping.html"
497 >Group mapping HOWTO</A
502 >Configuring PAM for distributed but centrally
503 managed authentication</A
509 HREF="pam.html#AEN1866"
514 HREF="pam.html#AEN1915"
515 >Distributed Authentication</A
519 HREF="pam.html#AEN1920"
520 >PAM Configuration in smb.conf</A
533 HREF="printing.html#AEN1946"
538 HREF="printing.html#AEN1968"
543 HREF="printing.html#AEN2076"
544 >The Imprints Toolset</A
548 HREF="printing.html#AEN2119"
555 HREF="cups-printing.html"
556 >CUPS Printing Support</A
562 HREF="cups-printing.html#AEN2231"
567 HREF="cups-printing.html#AEN2236"
568 >CUPS - RAW Print Through Mode</A
572 HREF="cups-printing.html#AEN2291"
573 >The CUPS Filter Chains</A
577 HREF="cups-printing.html#AEN2330"
578 >CUPS Print Drivers and Devices</A
582 HREF="cups-printing.html#AEN2407"
583 >Limiting the number of pages users can print</A
587 HREF="cups-printing.html#AEN2496"
588 >Advanced Postscript Printing from MS Windows</A
592 HREF="cups-printing.html#AEN2511"
593 >Auto-Deletion of CUPS spool files</A
600 >Unified Logons between Windows NT and UNIX using Winbind</A
606 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2573"
611 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2577"
616 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2590"
617 >What Winbind Provides</A
621 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2601"
622 >How Winbind Works</A
626 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2644"
627 >Installation and Configuration</A
631 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2901"
636 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2911"
643 HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html"
644 >Integrating MS Windows networks with Samba</A
650 HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN2932"
651 >Name Resolution in a pure Unix/Linux world</A
655 HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN2995"
656 >Name resolution as used within MS Windows networking</A
662 HREF="improved-browsing.html"
663 >Improved browsing in samba</A
669 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN3047"
670 >Overview of browsing</A
674 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN3052"
675 >Browsing support in samba</A
679 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN3060"
680 >Problem resolution</A
684 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN3069"
685 >Browsing across subnets</A
689 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN3109"
690 >Setting up a WINS server</A
694 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN3128"
695 >Setting up Browsing in a WORKGROUP</A
699 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN3146"
700 >Setting up Browsing in a DOMAIN</A
704 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN3156"
705 >Forcing samba to be the master</A
709 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN3165"
710 >Making samba the domain master</A
714 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN3183"
715 >Note about broadcast addresses</A
719 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN3186"
720 >Multiple interfaces</A
727 >Hosting a Microsoft Distributed File System tree on Samba</A
733 HREF="msdfs.html#AEN3200"
741 >Stackable VFS modules</A
747 HREF="vfs.html#AEN3259"
748 >Introduction and configuration</A
752 HREF="vfs.html#AEN3268"
757 HREF="vfs.html#AEN3322"
758 >VFS modules available elsewhere</A
764 HREF="securing-samba.html"
771 HREF="securing-samba.html#AEN3348"
776 HREF="securing-samba.html#AEN3351"
777 >Using host based protection</A
781 HREF="securing-samba.html#AEN3358"
782 >Using interface protection</A
786 HREF="securing-samba.html#AEN3367"
791 HREF="securing-samba.html#AEN3374"
792 >Using a IPC$ share deny</A
796 HREF="securing-samba.html#AEN3383"
810 HREF="unicode.html#AEN3397"
811 >What are charsets and unicode?</A
815 HREF="unicode.html#AEN3406"
816 >Samba and charsets</A
824 HREF="appendixes.html"
832 >Samba performance issues</A
838 HREF="speed.html#AEN3443"
843 HREF="speed.html#AEN3449"
848 HREF="speed.html#AEN3456"
853 HREF="speed.html#AEN3461"
858 HREF="speed.html#AEN3466"
863 HREF="speed.html#AEN3469"
868 HREF="speed.html#AEN3474"
873 HREF="speed.html#AEN3478"
878 HREF="speed.html#AEN3482"
883 HREF="speed.html#AEN3485"
890 HREF="portability.html"
897 HREF="portability.html#AEN3525"
902 HREF="portability.html#AEN3531"
907 HREF="portability.html#AEN3535"
912 HREF="portability.html#AEN3564"
913 >RedHat Linux Rembrandt-II</A
917 HREF="portability.html#AEN3570"
924 HREF="other-clients.html"
925 >Samba and other CIFS clients</A
931 HREF="other-clients.html#AEN3590"
932 >Macintosh clients?</A
936 HREF="other-clients.html#AEN3599"
941 HREF="other-clients.html#AEN3639"
942 >Windows for Workgroups</A
946 HREF="other-clients.html#AEN3663"
951 HREF="other-clients.html#AEN3679"
952 >Windows 2000 Service Pack 2</A
958 HREF="compiling.html"
959 >How to compile SAMBA</A
965 HREF="compiling.html#AEN3706"
966 >Access Samba source code via CVS</A
970 HREF="compiling.html#AEN3749"
971 >Accessing the samba sources via rsync and ftp</A
975 HREF="compiling.html#AEN3755"
976 >Building the Binaries</A
980 HREF="compiling.html#AEN3812"
981 >Starting the smbd and nmbd</A
987 HREF="bugreport.html"
994 HREF="bugreport.html#AEN3874"
999 HREF="bugreport.html#AEN3884"
1004 HREF="bugreport.html#AEN3890"
1009 HREF="bugreport.html#AEN3907"
1014 HREF="bugreport.html#AEN3917"
1015 >Attaching to a running process</A
1019 HREF="bugreport.html#AEN3920"
1026 HREF="diagnosis.html"
1027 >The samba checklist</A
1033 HREF="diagnosis.html#AEN3943"
1038 HREF="diagnosis.html#AEN3948"
1043 HREF="diagnosis.html#AEN3958"
1048 HREF="diagnosis.html#AEN4068"
1049 >Still having troubles?</A
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