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28 >SAMBA -- A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX</DIV
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50 >The Samba software suite is a collection of programs
51 that implements the Server Message Block (commonly abbreviated
52 as SMB) protocol for UNIX systems. This protocol is sometimes
53 also referred to as the Common Internet File System (CIFS). For a
54 more thorough description, see <A
55 HREF="http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/"
57 > http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/</A
58 >. Samba also implements the NetBIOS
76 daemon provides the file and print services to
77 SMB clients, such as Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows
78 for Workgroups or LanManager. The configuration file
79 for this daemon is described in <TT
96 daemon provides NetBIOS nameservice and browsing
97 support. The configuration file for this daemon
114 program implements a simple ftp-like client. This
115 is useful for accessing SMB shares on other compatible
116 servers (such as Windows NT), and can also be used
117 to allow a UNIX box to print to a printer attached to
118 any SMB server (such as a PC running Windows NT).</P
131 utility is a simple syntax checker for Samba's
135 >configuration file.</P
148 utility supports testing printer names defined
166 tool provides access to information about the
167 current connections to <B
183 tools allows NetBIOS name queries to be made
197 utility provides a means of creating SMB code page
198 definition files for your <B
214 command is a tool for changing LanMan and Windows NT
215 password hashes on Samba and Windows NT servers.</P
228 >The Samba suite is made up of several components. Each
229 component is described in a separate manual page. It is strongly
230 recommended that you read the documentation that comes with Samba
231 and the manual pages of those components that you use. If the
232 manual pages and documents aren't clear enough then please visit
234 HREF="http://devel.samba.org/"
236 >http://devel.samba.org</A
238 for information on how to file a bug report or submit a patch.</P
240 >If you require help, visit the Samba webpage at
242 HREF="http://samba.org/"
244 >http://www.samba.org/</A
246 explore the many option available to you.
257 >The Samba software suite is licensed under the
258 GNU Public License(GPL). A copy of that license should
259 have come with the package in the file COPYING. You are
260 encouraged to distribute copies of the Samba suite, but
261 please obey the terms of this license.</P
263 >The latest version of the Samba suite can be
264 obtained via anonymous ftp from samba.org in the
265 directory pub/samba/. It is also available on several
266 mirror sites worldwide.</P
268 >You may also find useful information about Samba
270 HREF="news:comp.protocols.smb"
272 > comp.protocol.smb</A
273 > and the Samba mailing
274 list. Details on how to join the mailing list are given in
275 the README file that comes with Samba.</P
277 >If you have access to a WWW viewer (such as Netscape
278 or Mosaic) then you will also find lots of useful information,
279 including back issues of the Samba mailing list, at
281 HREF="http://lists.samba.org/"
283 >http://lists.samba.org</A
294 >This man page is correct for version 2.2 of the
305 >If you wish to contribute to the Samba project,
306 then I suggest you join the Samba mailing list at
308 HREF="http://lists.samba.org/"
310 >http://lists.samba.org</A
314 >If you have patches to submit, visit
316 HREF="http://devel.samba.org/"
318 >http://devel.samba.org/</A
320 for information on how to do it properly. We prefer patches in
334 >Contributors to the project are now too numerous
335 to mention here but all deserve the thanks of all Samba
336 users. To see a full list, look at <A
337 HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/change-log"
339 > ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/change-log</A
341 for the pre-CVS changes and at <A
342 HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/cvs.log"
344 > ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/cvs.log</A
346 for the contributors to Samba post-CVS. CVS is the Open Source
347 source code control system used by the Samba Team to develop
348 Samba. The project would have been unmanageable without it.</P
350 >In addition, several commercial organizations now help
351 fund the Samba Team with money and equipment. For details see
352 the Samba Web pages at <A
353 HREF="http://samba.org/samba/samba-thanks.html"
355 > http://samba.org/samba/samba-thanks.html</A
366 >The original Samba software and related utilities
367 were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
368 by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
369 to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</P
371 >The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer.
372 The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another
373 excellent piece of Open Source software, available at
375 HREF="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/"
377 > ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</A
378 >) and updated for the Samba 2.0
379 release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for
380 Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter</P