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  77 >I. General installation</H1
  78 ><DIV
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  83 ><H1
  84 >Introduction</H1
  85 ><P
  86 >This part contains general info on how to install samba
  87 and how to configure the parts of samba you will most likely need.
  88 PLEASE read this.</P
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  95 >Table of Contents</B
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  97 ><DT
  98 >1. <A
  99 HREF="install.html"
 100 >How to Install and Test SAMBA</A
 101 ></DT
 102 ><DD
 103 ><DL
 104 ><DT
 105 >1.1. <A
 106 HREF="install.html#AEN65"
 107 >Obtaining and installing samba</A
 108 ></DT
 109 ><DT
 110 >1.2. <A
 111 HREF="install.html#AEN70"
 112 >Configuring samba</A
 113 ></DT
 114 ><DD
 115 ><DL
 116 ><DT
 117 >1.2.1. <A
 118 HREF="install.html#AEN75"
 119 >Editing the smb.conf file</A
 120 ></DT
 121 ><DT
 122 >1.2.2. <A
 123 HREF="install.html#AEN97"
 124 >SWAT</A
 125 ></DT
 126 ></DL
 127 ></DD
 128 ><DT
 129 >1.3. <A
 130 HREF="install.html#AEN103"
 131 >Try listing the shares available on your
 132         server</A
 133 ></DT
 134 ><DT
 135 >1.4. <A
 136 HREF="install.html#AEN112"
 137 >Try connecting with the unix client</A
 138 ></DT
 139 ><DT
 140 >1.5. <A
 141 HREF="install.html#AEN128"
 142 >Try connecting from a DOS, WfWg, Win9x, WinNT,
 143         Win2k, OS/2, etc... client</A
 144 ></DT
 145 ><DT
 146 >1.6. <A
 147 HREF="install.html#AEN142"
 148 >What If Things Don't Work?</A
 149 ></DT
 150 ><DD
 151 ><DL
 152 ><DT
 153 >1.6.1. <A
 154 HREF="install.html#AEN147"
 155 >Scope IDs</A
 156 ></DT
 157 ><DT
 158 >1.6.2. <A
 159 HREF="install.html#AEN150"
 160 >Locking</A
 161 ></DT
 162 ></DL
 163 ></DD
 164 ></DL
 165 ></DD
 166 ><DT
 167 >2. <A
 168 HREF="browsing-quick.html"
 169 >Quick Cross Subnet Browsing / Cross Workgroup Browsing guide</A
 170 ></DT
 171 ><DD
 172 ><DL
 173 ><DT
 174 >2.1. <A
 175 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN174"
 176 >Discussion</A
 177 ></DT
 178 ><DT
 179 >2.2. <A
 180 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN193"
 181 >How browsing functions and how to deploy stable and
 182 dependable browsing using Samba</A
 183 ></DT
 184 ><DT
 185 >2.3. <A
 186 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN207"
 187 >Use of the <B
 188 CLASS="COMMAND"
 189 >Remote Announce</B
 190 > parameter</A
 191 ></DT
 192 ><DT
 193 >2.4. <A
 194 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN230"
 195 >Use of the <B
 196 CLASS="COMMAND"
 197 >Remote Browse Sync</B
 198 > parameter</A
 199 ></DT
 200 ><DT
 201 >2.5. <A
 202 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN241"
 203 >Use of WINS</A
 204 ></DT
 205 ><DT
 206 >2.6. <A
 207 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN255"
 208 >Do NOT use more than one (1) protocol on MS Windows machines</A
 209 ></DT
 210 ><DT
 211 >2.7. <A
 212 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN263"
 213 >Name Resolution Order</A
 214 ></DT
 215 ></DL
 216 ></DD
 217 ><DT
 218 >3. <A
 219 HREF="passdb.html"
 220 >User information database</A
 221 ></DT
 222 ><DD
 223 ><DL
 224 ><DT
 225 >3.1. <A
 226 HREF="passdb.html#AEN321"
 227 >Introduction</A
 228 ></DT
 229 ><DT
 230 >3.2. <A
 231 HREF="passdb.html#AEN328"
 232 >Important Notes About Security</A
 233 ></DT
 234 ><DD
 235 ><DL
 236 ><DT
 237 >3.2.1. <A
 238 HREF="passdb.html#AEN354"
 239 >Advantages of SMB Encryption</A
 240 ></DT
 241 ><DT
 242 >3.2.2. <A
 243 HREF="passdb.html#AEN360"
 244 >Advantages of non-encrypted passwords</A
 245 ></DT
 246 ></DL
 247 ></DD
 248 ><DT
 249 >3.3. <A
 250 HREF="passdb.html#AEN366"
 251 >The smbpasswd Command</A
 252 ></DT
 253 ><DT
 254 >3.4. <A
 255 HREF="passdb.html#AEN397"
 256 >Plain text</A
 257 ></DT
 258 ><DT
 259 >3.5. <A
 260 HREF="passdb.html#AEN402"
 261 >TDB</A
 262 ></DT
 263 ><DT
 264 >3.6. <A
 265 HREF="passdb.html#AEN405"
 266 >LDAP</A
 267 ></DT
 268 ><DD
 269 ><DL
 270 ><DT
 271 >3.6.1. <A
 272 HREF="passdb.html#AEN407"
 273 >Introduction</A
 274 ></DT
 275 ><DT
 276 >3.6.2. <A
 277 HREF="passdb.html#AEN427"
 278 >Introduction</A
 279 ></DT
 280 ><DT
 281 >3.6.3. <A
 282 HREF="passdb.html#AEN456"
 283 >Supported LDAP Servers</A
 284 ></DT
 285 ><DT
 286 >3.6.4. <A
 287 HREF="passdb.html#AEN461"
 288 >Schema and Relationship to the RFC 2307 posixAccount</A
 289 ></DT
 290 ><DT
 291 >3.6.5. <A
 292 HREF="passdb.html#AEN473"
 293 >Configuring Samba with LDAP</A
 294 ></DT
 295 ><DT
 296 >3.6.6. <A
 297 HREF="passdb.html#AEN520"
 298 >Accounts and Groups management</A
 299 ></DT
 300 ><DT
 301 >3.6.7. <A
 302 HREF="passdb.html#AEN525"
 303 >Security and sambaAccount</A
 304 ></DT
 305 ><DT
 306 >3.6.8. <A
 307 HREF="passdb.html#AEN545"
 308 >LDAP specials attributes for sambaAccounts</A
 309 ></DT
 310 ><DT
 311 >3.6.9. <A
 312 HREF="passdb.html#AEN615"
 313 >Example LDIF Entries for a sambaAccount</A
 314 ></DT
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 316 ></DD
 317 ><DT
 318 >3.7. <A
 319 HREF="passdb.html#AEN623"
 320 >MySQL</A
 321 ></DT
 322 ><DD
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 324 ><DT
 325 >3.7.1. <A
 326 HREF="passdb.html#AEN625"
 327 >Creating the database</A
 328 ></DT
 329 ><DT
 330 >3.7.2. <A
 331 HREF="passdb.html#AEN635"
 332 >Configuring</A
 333 ></DT
 334 ><DT
 335 >3.7.3. <A
 336 HREF="passdb.html#AEN652"
 337 >Using plaintext passwords or encrypted password</A
 338 ></DT
 339 ><DT
 340 >3.7.4. <A
 341 HREF="passdb.html#AEN657"
 342 >Getting non-column data from the table</A
 343 ></DT
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