This is the release version of Samba, the free SMB and CIFS client and
-server for UNIX and other operating systems. Samba is maintained by
-the Samba Team, who support the original author, Andrew Tridgell.
+server and Domain Controller for UNIX and other operating
+systems. Samba is maintained by the Samba Team, who support the
+original author, Andrew Tridgell.
>>>> Please read THE WHOLE of this file as it gives important information
>>>> about the configuration and use of Samba.
-NOTE: Installation instructions may be found in
+NOTE: Installation instructions may be found
+ for the file/print server and domain member in:
docs/htmldocs/Samba3-HOWTO/install.html
+ For the AD DC implementation a full HOWTO is provided at:
+ https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO
+
This software is freely distributable under the GNU public license, a
copy of which you should have received with this software (in a file
called COPYING).
by default.
The Common Internet File system (CIFS) is what the new SMB initiative
-is called. For details watch http://samba.org/cifs.
+is called. For details watch https://www.samba.org/cifs/.
WHY DO PEOPLE WANT TO USE SMB?
functionality, which can be used on Samba, NT workstation and NT server.
For a much better overview have a look at the web site at
-http://samba.org/samba, and browse the user survey.
+https://www.samba.org/samba/, and browse the user survey.
Related packages include:
CONTRIBUTIONS
=============
-If you want to contribute to the development of the software then
+1. To contribute via GitHub
+ - fork the official Samba team repository on GitHub
+ * see https://github.com/samba-team/samba
+ - become familiar with the coding standards as described in README.Coding
+ - make sure you read the Samba copyright policy
+ * see https://www.samba.org/samba/devel/copyright-policy.html
+ - create a feature branch
+ - make changes
+ - when committing, be sure to add signed-off-by tags
+ * see https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/CodeReview#commit_message_tags
+ - send a pull request for your branch through GitHub
+ - this will trigger an email to the samba-technical mailing list
+ - discussion happens on the samba-technical mailing list as described below
+ - more info on using Git for Samba development can be found on the Samba Wiki
+ * see https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Using_Git_for_Samba_Development
+
+2. If you want to contribute to the development of the software then
please join the mailing list. The Samba team accepts patches
-(preferably in "diff -u" format, see http://samba.org/samba/devel/
+(preferably in "diff -u" format, see https://www.samba.org/samba/devel/
for more details) and are always glad to receive feedback or
suggestions to the address samba@lists.samba.org. More information
-on the various Samba mailing lists can be found at http://lists.samba.org/.
+on the various Samba mailing lists can be found at https://lists.samba.org/.
You can also get the Samba sourcecode straight from the git repository - see
-http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Using_Git_for_Samba_Development.
+https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Using_Git_for_Samba_Development.
If you like a particular feature then look through the git change-log
-(on the web at http://gitweb.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=summary) and see
+(on the web at https://gitweb.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=summary) and see
who added it, then send them an email.
Remember that free software of this kind lives or dies by the response
A list of Samba documentation in languages other than English is
available on the web page.
-If you would like to help with the documentation, please coodinate
+If you would like to help with the documentation, please coordinate
on the samba@samba.org mailing list. See the next section for details
on subscribing to samba mailing lists.
Please do NOT send subscription/unsubscription requests to the lists!
There is a mailing list for discussion of Samba. For details go to
-<http://lists.samba.org/> or send mail to <samba-subscribe@lists.samba.org>
+<https://lists.samba.org/> or send mail to <samba-subscribe@lists.samba.org>
There is also an announcement mailing list where new versions are
-announced. To subscribe go to <http://lists.samba.org/> or send mail
+announced. To subscribe go to <https://lists.samba.org/> or send mail
to <samba-announce-subscribe@lists.samba.org>. All announcements also
go to the samba list, so you only need to be on one.
For details of other Samba mailing lists and for access to archives, see
-<http://lists.samba.org/>
+<https://lists.samba.org/>
MAILING LIST ETIQUETTE
A Samba WWW site has been setup with lots of useful info. Connect to:
-http://samba.org/
+https://www.samba.org/
As well as general information and documentation, this also has searchable
archives of the mailing list and a user survey that shows who else is using
git.samba.org / samba.git / blobdiff