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CLASS="PART"
><A
-NAME="INTRODUCTION"><DIV
+NAME="INTRODUCTION"
+></A
+><DIV
CLASS="TITLEPAGE"
><H1
CLASS="TITLE"
><DIV
CLASS="PARTINTRO"
><A
-NAME="AEN21"><H1
+NAME="AEN42"
+></A
+><H1
>Introduction</H1
><P
>This part contains general info on how to install samba
><DL
><DT
>1.1. <A
-HREF="install.html#AEN26"
->Read the man pages</A
+HREF="install.html#AEN65"
+>Obtaining and installing samba</A
></DT
><DT
>1.2. <A
-HREF="install.html#AEN36"
->Building the Binaries</A
-></DT
-><DT
->1.3. <A
-HREF="install.html#AEN64"
->The all important step</A
-></DT
-><DT
->1.4. <A
-HREF="install.html#AEN68"
->Create the smb configuration file.</A
-></DT
-><DT
->1.5. <A
-HREF="install.html#AEN82"
->Test your config file with
- <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->testparm</B
-></A
-></DT
-><DT
->1.6. <A
-HREF="install.html#AEN90"
->Starting the smbd and nmbd</A
+HREF="install.html#AEN71"
+>Configuring samba</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
->1.6.1. <A
-HREF="install.html#AEN100"
->Starting from inetd.conf</A
+>1.2.1. <A
+HREF="install.html#AEN76"
+>Editing the <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>smb.conf</TT
+> file</A
></DT
><DT
->1.6.2. <A
-HREF="install.html#AEN129"
->Alternative: starting it as a daemon</A
+>1.2.2. <A
+HREF="install.html#AEN101"
+>SWAT</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
->1.7. <A
-HREF="install.html#AEN145"
+>1.3. <A
+HREF="install.html#AEN107"
>Try listing the shares available on your
server</A
></DT
><DT
->1.8. <A
-HREF="install.html#AEN154"
+>1.4. <A
+HREF="install.html#AEN116"
>Try connecting with the unix client</A
></DT
><DT
->1.9. <A
-HREF="install.html#AEN170"
+>1.5. <A
+HREF="install.html#AEN137"
>Try connecting from a DOS, WfWg, Win9x, WinNT,
Win2k, OS/2, etc... client</A
></DT
><DT
->1.10. <A
-HREF="install.html#AEN184"
+>1.6. <A
+HREF="install.html#AEN150"
>What If Things Don't Work?</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
->1.10.1. <A
-HREF="install.html#AEN189"
->Diagnosing Problems</A
-></DT
-><DT
->1.10.2. <A
-HREF="install.html#AEN193"
+>1.6.1. <A
+HREF="install.html#AEN156"
>Scope IDs</A
></DT
><DT
->1.10.3. <A
-HREF="install.html#AEN196"
->Choosing the Protocol Level</A
-></DT
-><DT
->1.10.4. <A
-HREF="install.html#AEN205"
->Printing from UNIX to a Client PC</A
-></DT
-><DT
->1.10.5. <A
-HREF="install.html#AEN210"
+>1.6.2. <A
+HREF="install.html#AEN159"
>Locking</A
></DT
-><DT
->1.10.6. <A
-HREF="install.html#AEN219"
->Mapping Usernames</A
-></DT
></DL
></DD
></DL
></DD
><DT
>2. <A
-HREF="improved-browsing.html"
->Improved browsing in samba</A
+HREF="browsing-quick.html"
+>Quick Cross Subnet Browsing / Cross Workgroup Browsing guide</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>2.1. <A
-HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN229"
->Overview of browsing</A
+HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN183"
+>Discussion</A
></DT
><DT
>2.2. <A
-HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN233"
->Browsing support in samba</A
+HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN204"
+>How browsing functions and how to deploy stable and
+dependable browsing using Samba</A
></DT
><DT
>2.3. <A
-HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN242"
->Problem resolution</A
+HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN218"
+>Use of the <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>Remote Announce</B
+> parameter</A
></DT
><DT
>2.4. <A
-HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN249"
->Browsing across subnets</A
-></DT
-><DD
-><DL
-><DT
->2.4.1. <A
-HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN254"
->How does cross subnet browsing work ?</A
+HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN241"
+>Use of the <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>Remote Browse Sync</B
+> parameter</A
></DT
-></DL
-></DD
><DT
>2.5. <A
-HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN289"
->Setting up a WINS server</A
+HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN252"
+>Use of WINS</A
></DT
><DT
>2.6. <A
-HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN308"
->Setting up Browsing in a WORKGROUP</A
+HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN269"
+>Do NOT use more than one (1) protocol on MS Windows machines</A
></DT
><DT
>2.7. <A
-HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN326"
->Setting up Browsing in a DOMAIN</A
+HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN277"
+>Name Resolution Order</A
+></DT
+></DL
+></DD
+><DT
+>3. <A
+HREF="passdb.html"
+>User information database</A
></DT
+><DD
+><DL
><DT
->2.8. <A
-HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN336"
->Forcing samba to be the master</A
+>3.1. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN335"
+>Introduction</A
></DT
><DT
->2.9. <A
-HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN345"
->Making samba the domain master</A
+>3.2. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN342"
+>Important Notes About Security</A
></DT
+><DD
+><DL
><DT
->2.10. <A
-HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN363"
->Note about broadcast addresses</A
+>3.2.1. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN368"
+>Advantages of SMB Encryption</A
></DT
><DT
->2.11. <A
-HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN366"
->Multiple interfaces</A
+>3.2.2. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN374"
+>Advantages of non-encrypted passwords</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
->3. <A
-HREF="browsing-quick.html"
->Quick Cross Subnet Browsing / Cross Workgroup Browsing guide</A
+>3.3. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN380"
+>The smbpasswd Command</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>3.4. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN411"
+>Plain text</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>3.5. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN416"
+>TDB</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>3.6. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN419"
+>LDAP</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
->3.1. <A
-HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN377"
->Discussion</A
+>3.6.1. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN421"
+>Introduction</A
></DT
><DT
->3.2. <A
-HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN385"
->Use of the "Remote Announce" parameter</A
+>3.6.2. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN441"
+>Introduction</A
></DT
><DT
->3.3. <A
-HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN399"
->Use of the "Remote Browse Sync" parameter</A
+>3.6.3. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN470"
+>Supported LDAP Servers</A
></DT
><DT
->3.4. <A
-HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN404"
->Use of WINS</A
+>3.6.4. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN475"
+>Schema and Relationship to the RFC 2307 posixAccount</A
></DT
><DT
->3.5. <A
-HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN415"
->Do NOT use more than one (1) protocol on MS Windows machines</A
+>3.6.5. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN487"
+>Configuring Samba with LDAP</A
></DT
><DT
->3.6. <A
-HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN421"
->Name Resolution Order</A
+>3.6.6. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN534"
+>Accounts and Groups management</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>3.6.7. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN539"
+>Security and sambaAccount</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>3.6.8. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN559"
+>LDAP specials attributes for sambaAccounts</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>3.6.9. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN629"
+>Example LDIF Entries for a sambaAccount</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
->4. <A
-HREF="pwencrypt.html"
->LanMan and NT Password Encryption in Samba</A
+>3.7. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN637"
+>MySQL</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
->4.1. <A
-HREF="pwencrypt.html#AEN457"
->Introduction</A
+>3.7.1. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN639"
+>Creating the database</A
></DT
><DT
->4.2. <A
-HREF="pwencrypt.html#AEN462"
->Important Notes About Security</A
+>3.7.2. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN649"
+>Configuring</A
></DT
-><DD
-><DL
><DT
->4.2.1. <A
-HREF="pwencrypt.html#AEN481"
->Advantages of SMB Encryption</A
+>3.7.3. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN666"
+>Using plaintext passwords or encrypted password</A
></DT
><DT
->4.2.2. <A
-HREF="pwencrypt.html#AEN488"
->Advantages of non-encrypted passwords</A
+>3.7.4. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN671"
+>Getting non-column data from the table</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
->4.3. <A
-HREF="pwencrypt.html#AEN497"
->The smbpasswd Command</A
+>3.8. <A
+HREF="passdb.html#AEN679"
+>XML</A
></DT
></DL
></DD