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31 >SAMBA Project Documentation</H1
51 > : Thu Aug 15 12:48:45 CDT 2002</P
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
57 HREF="http://www.samba.org/"
59 >http://www.samba.org/</A
61 on the "Documentation" page. Please send updates to <A
62 HREF="mailto:jerry@samba.org"
67 >This documentation is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL)
68 version 2. A copy of the license is included with the Samba source
69 distribution. A copy can be found on-line at <A
70 HREF="http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.txt"
72 >http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.txt</A
86 >General installation</A
93 >How to Install and Test SAMBA</A
99 HREF="install.html#AEN25"
100 >Read the man pages</A
104 HREF="install.html#AEN35"
105 >Building the Binaries</A
109 HREF="install.html#AEN63"
110 >The all important step</A
114 HREF="install.html#AEN67"
115 >Create the smb configuration file.</A
119 HREF="install.html#AEN81"
120 >Test your config file with
128 HREF="install.html#AEN89"
129 >Starting the smbd and nmbd</A
133 HREF="install.html#AEN144"
134 >Try listing the shares available on your
139 HREF="install.html#AEN153"
140 >Try connecting with the unix client</A
144 HREF="install.html#AEN169"
145 >Try connecting from a DOS, WfWg, Win9x, WinNT,
146 Win2k, OS/2, etc... client</A
150 HREF="install.html#AEN183"
151 >What If Things Don't Work?</A
157 HREF="improved-browsing.html"
158 >Improved browsing in samba</A
164 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN228"
165 >Overview of browsing</A
169 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN232"
170 >Browsing support in samba</A
174 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN241"
175 >Problem resolution</A
179 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN248"
180 >Browsing across subnets</A
184 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN288"
185 >Setting up a WINS server</A
189 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN307"
190 >Setting up Browsing in a WORKGROUP</A
194 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN325"
195 >Setting up Browsing in a DOMAIN</A
199 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN335"
200 >Forcing samba to be the master</A
204 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN344"
205 >Making samba the domain master</A
209 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN362"
210 >Note about broadcast addresses</A
214 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN365"
215 >Multiple interfaces</A
228 HREF="oplocks.html#AEN377"
229 >What are oplocks?</A
235 HREF="browsing-quick.html"
236 >Quick Cross Subnet Browsing / Cross Workgroup Browsing guide</A
242 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN392"
247 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN400"
248 >Use of the "Remote Announce" parameter</A
252 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN414"
253 >Use of the "Remote Browse Sync" parameter</A
257 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN419"
262 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN430"
263 >Do NOT use more than one (1) protocol on MS Windows machines</A
267 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN436"
268 >Name Resolution Order</A
274 HREF="pwencrypt.html"
275 >LanMan and NT Password Encryption in Samba</A
281 HREF="pwencrypt.html#AEN472"
286 HREF="pwencrypt.html#AEN477"
287 >Important Notes About Security</A
291 HREF="pwencrypt.html#AEN512"
292 >The smbpasswd Command</A
301 >Type of installation</A
307 HREF="samba-pdc.html"
308 >How to Configure Samba as a NT4 Primary Domain Controller</A
314 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN566"
315 >Prerequisite Reading</A
319 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN572"
324 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN611"
325 >Configuring the Samba Domain Controller</A
329 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN654"
330 >Creating Machine Trust Accounts and Joining Clients to the
335 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN738"
336 >Common Problems and Errors</A
340 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN786"
341 >System Policies and Profiles</A
345 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN830"
346 >What other help can I get?</A
350 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN944"
351 >Domain Control for Windows 9x/ME</A
355 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN1082"
356 >DOMAIN_CONTROL.txt : Windows NT Domain Control & Samba</A
362 HREF="samba-bdc.html"
363 >How to Act as a Backup Domain Controller in a Purely Samba Controlled Domain</A
369 HREF="samba-bdc.html#AEN1118"
370 >Prerequisite Reading</A
374 HREF="samba-bdc.html#AEN1122"
379 HREF="samba-bdc.html#AEN1130"
380 >What qualifies a Domain Controller on the network?</A
384 HREF="samba-bdc.html#AEN1139"
385 >Can Samba be a Backup Domain Controller?</A
389 HREF="samba-bdc.html#AEN1143"
390 >How do I set up a Samba BDC?</A
397 >Samba as a ADS domain member</A
403 HREF="ads.html#AEN1178"
404 >Installing the required packages for Debian</A
408 HREF="ads.html#AEN1184"
409 >Installing the required packages for RedHat</A
413 HREF="ads.html#AEN1193"
418 HREF="ads.html#AEN1205"
419 >Setup your /etc/krb5.conf</A
423 HREF="ads.html#AEN1215"
424 >Create the computer account</A
428 HREF="ads.html#AEN1231"
429 >Test your server setup</A
433 HREF="ads.html#AEN1236"
434 >Testing with smbclient</A
438 HREF="ads.html#AEN1239"
445 HREF="domain-security.html"
446 >Samba as a NT4 domain member</A
452 HREF="domain-security.html#AEN1261"
453 >Joining an NT Domain with Samba 2.2</A
457 HREF="domain-security.html#AEN1325"
458 >Samba and Windows 2000 Domains</A
462 HREF="domain-security.html#AEN1330"
463 >Why is this better than security = server?</A
472 >Optional configuration</A
478 HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html"
479 >Integrating MS Windows networks with Samba</A
485 HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1362"
490 HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1384"
491 >Name Resolution in a pure Unix/Linux world</A
495 HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1447"
496 >Name resolution as used within MS Windows networking</A
500 HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1492"
501 >How browsing functions and how to deploy stable and
502 dependable browsing using Samba</A
506 HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1502"
507 >MS Windows security options and how to configure
508 Samba for seemless integration</A
512 HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1572"
519 HREF="unix-permissions.html"
520 >UNIX Permission Bits and Windows NT Access Control Lists</A
526 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1593"
527 >Viewing and changing UNIX permissions using the NT
532 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1602"
533 >How to view file security on a Samba share</A
537 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1613"
538 >Viewing file ownership</A
542 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1633"
543 >Viewing file or directory permissions</A
547 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1669"
548 >Modifying file or directory permissions</A
552 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1691"
553 >Interaction with the standard Samba create mask
558 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1755"
559 >Interaction with the standard Samba file attribute
567 >Configuring PAM for distributed but centrally
568 managed authentication</A
574 HREF="pam.html#AEN1776"
579 HREF="pam.html#AEN1820"
580 >Distributed Authentication</A
584 HREF="pam.html#AEN1827"
585 >PAM Configuration in smb.conf</A
592 >Hosting a Microsoft Distributed File System tree on Samba</A
598 HREF="msdfs.html#AEN1847"
612 HREF="printing.html#AEN1908"
617 HREF="printing.html#AEN1930"
622 HREF="printing.html#AEN2038"
623 >The Imprints Toolset</A
627 HREF="printing.html#AEN2081"
634 HREF="securitylevels.html"
641 HREF="securitylevels.html#AEN2186"
646 HREF="securitylevels.html#AEN2197"
647 >More complete description of security levels</A
654 >Unified Logons between Windows NT and UNIX using Winbind</A
660 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2249"
665 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2253"
670 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2266"
671 >What Winbind Provides</A
675 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2277"
676 >How Winbind Works</A
680 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2317"
681 >Installation and Configuration</A
685 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2566"
690 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2576"
697 HREF="pdb-mysql.html"
698 >Passdb MySQL plugin</A
704 HREF="pdb-mysql.html#AEN2590"
709 HREF="pdb-mysql.html#AEN2596"
714 HREF="pdb-mysql.html#AEN2611"
715 >Using plaintext passwords or encrypted password</A
719 HREF="pdb-mysql.html#AEN2616"
720 >Getting non-column data from the table</A
727 >Passdb XML plugin</A
733 HREF="pdb-xml.html#AEN2635"
738 HREF="pdb-xml.html#AEN2641"
745 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html"
746 >Storing Samba's User/Machine Account information in an LDAP Directory</A
752 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2664"
757 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2684"
762 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2713"
763 >Supported LDAP Servers</A
767 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2718"
768 >Schema and Relationship to the RFC 2307 posixAccount</A
772 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2730"
773 >Configuring Samba with LDAP</A
777 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2777"
778 >Accounts and Groups management</A
782 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2782"
783 >Security and sambaAccount</A
787 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2802"
788 >LDAP specials attributes for sambaAccounts</A
792 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2872"
793 >Example LDIF Entries for a sambaAccount</A
797 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2880"
804 HREF="cvs-access.html"
805 >HOWTO Access Samba source code via CVS</A
811 HREF="cvs-access.html#AEN2891"
816 HREF="cvs-access.html#AEN2896"
817 >CVS Access to samba.org</A
823 HREF="groupmapping.html"
824 >Group mapping HOWTO</A
829 >Samba performance issues</A
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840 HREF="speed.html#AEN2988"
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855 HREF="speed.html#AEN3020"
860 HREF="speed.html#AEN3025"
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870 HREF="speed.html#AEN3034"
875 HREF="speed.html#AEN3037"
880 HREF="speed.html#AEN3040"
885 HREF="speed.html#AEN3045"
890 HREF="speed.html#AEN3049"
895 HREF="speed.html#AEN3056"
900 HREF="speed.html#AEN3061"
905 HREF="speed.html#AEN3065"
910 HREF="speed.html#AEN3068"
915 HREF="speed.html#AEN3100"
931 HREF="portability.html"
938 HREF="portability.html#AEN3115"
943 HREF="portability.html#AEN3121"
948 HREF="portability.html#AEN3125"
953 HREF="portability.html#AEN3154"
954 >RedHat Linux Rembrandt-II</A
960 HREF="other-clients.html"
961 >Samba and other CIFS clients</A
967 HREF="other-clients.html#AEN3175"
968 >Macintosh clients?</A
972 HREF="other-clients.html#AEN3184"
977 HREF="other-clients.html#AEN3224"
978 >Windows for Workgroups</A
982 HREF="other-clients.html#AEN3245"
987 HREF="other-clients.html#AEN3261"
988 >Windows 2000 Service Pack 2</A
994 HREF="bugreport.html"
1001 HREF="bugreport.html#AEN3285"
1006 HREF="bugreport.html#AEN3295"
1011 HREF="bugreport.html#AEN3301"
1016 HREF="bugreport.html#AEN3318"
1021 HREF="bugreport.html#AEN3328"
1022 >Attaching to a running process</A
1026 HREF="bugreport.html#AEN3331"
1033 HREF="diagnosis.html"
1034 >Diagnosing your samba server</A
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1045 HREF="diagnosis.html#AEN3359"
1050 HREF="diagnosis.html#AEN3369"
1055 HREF="diagnosis.html#AEN3479"
1056 >Still having troubles?</A
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