This may be a waste of time, but I thought if we keep nibbling at this it might

end up being a curent announce for each new release. Then again maybe we should
start from the one Jeremy and I did for 1.9.17. Just doodling really.
(This used to be commit ae9cd0307e9562ca82bb62055df1aeef070c12d1)

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 What is Samba?
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 What is Samba?
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-Samba is a SMB file server that runs on Unix and other operating systems. 
-It allows these operating systems (currently Unix, Netware, OS/2 and 
-AmigaDOS) to act as a file and print server for SMB clients. There are many
-Lan-Manager compatible clients such as LanManager for DOS, Windows for
-Workgroups, Windows NT, Windows 95, OS/2, Pathworks and many more.
+Samba is a SMB file server that runs on Unix and other operating
+systems.  It allows these operating systems (currently Unix, Netware,
+OS/2 and AmigaDOS) to act as a file and print server for SMB and CIFS
+clients. There are many Lan-Manager compatible clients such as
+LanManager for DOS, Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT, Windows 95,
+Linux smbfs, OS/2, Pathworks and more.

 
 

-The package also includes a SMB client for accessing other SMB servers 
-and a netbios nameserver for browsing support.
+The package also includes a SMB client for accessing other SMB servers,
+and an advanced netbios/WINS nameserver for browsing support.

 
 What can it do for me?
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 What can it do for me?
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@@ -21,6 +22,13 @@ for Workgroups, then you can mount file space or printers on a Samba
 host, so that directories, files and printers on the host are
 available on the PC.
 
 host, so that directories, files and printers on the host are
 available on the PC.
 

+If you have any SMB servers such as Windows NT Server, Warp Server or
+Pathworks you may be able to replace them by or supplement them with
+Samba. One of Samba's big strengths is integration, so you can use it
+to tie together your Unix (or VMS etc) hosts and PC clients. If you
+are tired of the insecurity, expense and instability of PCNFS then Samba 
+may be for you.
+

 The client part of the package will also allow you to attach to other
 SMB-based servers (such as windows NT and windows for workgroups) so
 that you can copy files to and from your unix host. The client also
 The client part of the package will also allow you to attach to other
 SMB-based servers (such as windows NT and windows for workgroups) so
 that you can copy files to and from your unix host. The client also


@@ -32,12 +40,12 @@ What are its features?
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 Samba supports many features that are not supported in other SMB
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 Samba supports many features that are not supported in other SMB

-implementations (all of which are commercial). Some of it's features
-include host as well as username/password security, a client,
-automatic home directory exporting, automatic printer exporting, dead
-connection timeouts, umask support, guest connections, name mangling
-and hidden and system attribute mapping. Look at the man pages
-included with the package for a full list of features.
+implementations (all of which are commercial). These include host as
+well as username/password security, a client, automatic home directory
+exporting, automatic printer exporting, dead connection timeouts,
+umask support, guest connections, name mangling and hidden and system
+attribute mapping. Look at the FAQs included with the package for
+a full list of features.

 
 What's new since 1.8?
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 What's new since 1.8?
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@@ -49,8 +57,9 @@ Where can I get a client for my PC?
 
 There is a free client for MS-DOS based PCs available from
 ftp.microsoft.com in the directory bussys/Clients/MSCLIENT/. Please
 
 There is a free client for MS-DOS based PCs available from
 ftp.microsoft.com in the directory bussys/Clients/MSCLIENT/. Please

-read the licencing information before downloading. The built in
-Windows for Workgroups client is also very good.
+read the licencing information before downloading. The add-on 32-bit
+TCP/IP Windows for Workgroups client is also very good. Windows 95,
+Windows NT and OS/2 come with suitable clients by default.

 
 What network protocols are supported?
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 What network protocols are supported?
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