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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
78 > daemon provides the file and print services to
79 SMB clients, such as Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows
80 for Workgroups or LanManager. The configuration file
81 for this daemon is described in <SPAN
104 daemon provides NetBIOS nameservice and browsing
105 support. The configuration file for this daemon
106 is described in <SPAN
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128 program implements a simple ftp-like client. This
129 is useful for accessing SMB shares on other compatible
130 servers (such as Windows NT), and can also be used
131 to allow a UNIX box to print to a printer attached to
132 any SMB server (such as a PC running Windows NT).</P
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148 utility is a simple syntax checker for Samba's <SPAN
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154 > configuration file.</P
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170 utility supports testing printer names defined
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191 tool provides access to information about the
192 current connections to <B
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211 tools allows NetBIOS name queries to be made
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228 tool allows for mapping unix groups to NT Builtin,
229 Domain, or Local groups. Also it allows setting
230 priviledges for that group, such as saAddUser, etc.</P
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246 command is a tool for changing LanMan and Windows NT
247 password hashes on Samba and Windows NT servers.</P
260 >The Samba suite is made up of several components. Each
261 component is described in a separate manual page. It is strongly
262 recommended that you read the documentation that comes with Samba
263 and the manual pages of those components that you use. If the
264 manual pages and documents aren't clear enough then please visit
266 HREF="http://devel.samba.org/"
268 >http://devel.samba.org</A
270 for information on how to file a bug report or submit a patch.</P
272 >If you require help, visit the Samba webpage at
274 HREF="http://samba.org/"
276 >http://www.samba.org/</A
278 explore the many option available to you.
289 >The Samba software suite is licensed under the
290 GNU Public License(GPL). A copy of that license should
291 have come with the package in the file COPYING. You are
292 encouraged to distribute copies of the Samba suite, but
293 please obey the terms of this license.</P
295 >The latest version of the Samba suite can be
296 obtained via anonymous ftp from samba.org in the
297 directory pub/samba/. It is also available on several
298 mirror sites worldwide.</P
300 >You may also find useful information about Samba
302 HREF="news:comp.protocols.smb"
304 > comp.protocol.smb</A
305 > and the Samba mailing
306 list. Details on how to join the mailing list are given in
307 the README file that comes with Samba.</P
309 >If you have access to a WWW viewer (such as Mozilla
310 or Konqueror) then you will also find lots of useful information,
311 including back issues of the Samba mailing list, at
313 HREF="http://lists.samba.org/"
315 >http://lists.samba.org</A
326 >This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the
337 >If you wish to contribute to the Samba project,
338 then I suggest you join the Samba mailing list at
340 HREF="http://lists.samba.org/"
342 >http://lists.samba.org</A
346 >If you have patches to submit, visit
348 HREF="http://devel.samba.org/"
350 >http://devel.samba.org/</A
352 for information on how to do it properly. We prefer patches
366 >Contributors to the project are now too numerous
367 to mention here but all deserve the thanks of all Samba
368 users. To see a full list, look at <A
369 HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/change-log"
371 > ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/change-log</A
373 for the pre-CVS changes and at <A
374 HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/cvs.log"
376 > ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/cvs.log</A
378 for the contributors to Samba post-CVS. CVS is the Open Source
379 source code control system used by the Samba Team to develop
380 Samba. The project would have been unmanageable without it.</P
382 >In addition, several commercial organizations now help
383 fund the Samba Team with money and equipment. For details see
384 the Samba Web pages at <A
385 HREF="http://samba.org/samba/samba-thanks.html"
387 > http://samba.org/samba/samba-thanks.html</A
398 >The original Samba software and related utilities
399 were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
400 by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
401 to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</P
403 >The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer.
404 The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another
405 excellent piece of Open Source software, available at <A
406 HREF="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/"
408 > ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</A
409 >) and updated for the Samba 2.0
410 release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for
411 Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML
412 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</P