WHAT CAN SAMBA DO?
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-Here is a very short list of what samba includes, and what it does
+Here is a very short list of what samba includes, and what it does.
-- a SMB server, to provide LanManager style file and print services to PCs
+- a SMB server, to provide Windows NT and LAN Manager-style file and print
+ services to SMB clients such as Windows 95, Warp Server, smbfs and others.
-- a Netbios (rfc1001/1002) nameserver
+- a Netbios (rfc1001/1002) nameserver, which among other things gives
+ browsing support. Samba can be the master browser on your LAN if you wish.
- a ftp-like SMB client so you can access PC resources (disks and
-printers) from unix
+printers) from unix, Netware and other operating systems
- a tar extension to the client for backing up PCs
+For a much better overview have a look at the web site at
+http://samba.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba, and browse the user survey.
+
Related packages include:
-- ksmbfs, a linux-only filesystem allowing you to mount remote SMB
-filesystems from PCs on your linux box
+- smbfs, a linux-only filesystem allowing you to mount remote SMB
+filesystems from PCs on your linux box. This is included as standard with
+Linux 2.0 and later.
- tcpdump-smb, a extension to tcpdump to allow you to investigate SMB
networking problems over netbeui and tcp/ip
Remember that free software of this kind lives or dies by the response
we get. If noone tells us they like it then we'll probably move onto
-something else.
+something else. However, as you can see from the user survey quite a lot of
+people do seem to like it at the moment :-)
Andrew Tridgell
Email: samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au