1 .TH SAMBA 7 29/3/95 Samba Samba
3 Samba \- a LanManager like fileserver for Unix
9 software suite is a collection of programs that implements the SMB
10 protocol for unix systems. This protocol is sometimes also referred to
11 as the LanManager or Netbios protocol.
15 The Samba suite is made up of several components. Each component is
16 described in a separate manual page. It is strongly recommended that
17 you read the documentation that comes with Samba and the manual pages
18 of those components that you use. If the manual pages aren't clear
19 enough then please send me a patch!
21 The smbd(8) daemon provides the file and print services to SMB clents,
22 such as Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT or LanManager. The
23 configuration file for this daemon is described in smb.conf(5).
25 The nmbd(8) daemon provides Netbios nameserving and browsing
26 support. It can also be run interactively to query other name service
29 The smbclient(1) program implements a simple ftp-like client. This is
30 useful for accessing SMB shares on other compatible servers (such as
31 WfWg), and can also be used to allow a unix box to print to a printer
32 attached to any SMB server (such as a PC running WfWg).
34 The testparm(1) utility allows you to test your smb.conf(5)
37 The smbstatus(1) utility allows you to tell who is currently using the
42 The Samba software suite is licensed under the Gnu Public License. A
43 copy of that license should have come with the package. You are
44 encouraged to distribute copies of the Samba suite, but please keep it
47 The latest version of the Samba suite can be obtained via anonymous
48 ftp from nimbus.anu.edu.au in the directory pub/tridge/samba/. It is
49 also available on several mirror sites worldwide.
51 You may also find useful information about Samba on the newsgroup
52 comp.protocols.smb and the Samba mailing list. Details on how to join
53 the mailing list are given in the README file that comes with Samba.
55 If you have access to a WWW viewer (such as Netscape or Mosaic) then
56 you will also find lots of useful information, including back issues
57 of the Samba mailing list, at http://lake.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/
61 The main author of the Samba suite is Andrew Tridgell. He may be
62 contacted via e-mail at samba-bugs@anu.edu.au.
64 There have also been an enourmous number of contributors to Samba from
65 all over the world. A partial list of these contributors is included
66 in the CREDITS section below. The list is, however, badly out of
67 date. More up to date info may be obtained from the change-log that
68 comes with the Samba source code.
72 If you wish to contribute to the Samba project, then I suggest you
73 join the Samba mailing list.
75 If you have patches to submit or bugs to report then you may mail them
76 directly to samba-bugs@anu.edu.au. Note, however, that due to the
77 enourmous popularity of this package I may take some time to repond to
78 mail. I prefer patches in "diff -u" format.
82 Contributors to the project are (in alphabetical order by email address):
84 (NOTE: This list is very out of date)
87 (gadams@ddrive.demon.co.uk)
91 (ross@augie.insci.com)
93 (Karl.Auer@anu.edu.au)
101 (imb@asstdc.scgt.oz.au)
103 (charlie@edina.demon.co.uk)
105 (lpc@solomon.technet.sg)
107 (mcochran@wellfleet.com)
111 (errath@balu.kfunigraz.ac.at)
113 (leefi@microsoft.com)
115 (jkf@frisky.Franz.COM)
117 (brad@cac.washington.edu)
121 (MDGrosen@spectron.COM)
123 (gunjkoa@dep.sa.gov.au)
129 (mh2620@sarek.sbc.com)
131 (tim.hudson@gslmail.mincom.oz.au)
135 (imb@asstdc.scgt.oz.au)
137 (iversen@dsfys1.fi.uib.no)
141 (merik@blackadder.dsh.oz.au)
143 (mgk@newton.npl.co.uk)
145 (cjkiick@flinx.b11.ingr.com)
147 (kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de)
151 (lendecke@namu01.gwdg.de)
157 (mauelsha@ez.da.telekom.de)
161 (marcel@fanout.et.tudeflt.nl)
165 (noses@oink.rhein.de)
169 (pierson@ketje.enet.dec.com)
171 (mark@scot1.ucsalf.ac.uk)
177 (vesku@rankki.kcl.fi)
179 (samba-bugs@anu.edu.au)
181 (troyer@saifr00.ateng.az.honeywell.com)
185 (SWESSELS@dos-lan.cs.up.ac.za)