What is Samba?
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-Samba is a Unix based SMB file server. This allows a Unix host to
-act as a file and print server for SMB clients. This includes
+Samba is a SMB file server that runs on Unix and other operating systems.
+It allows these operating systems (currently Unix, Netware, OS/2 and
+AmigaDOS) to act as a file and print server for SMB clients. There are many
Lan-Manager compatible clients such as LanManager for DOS, Windows for
Workgroups, Windows NT, Windows 95, OS/2, Pathworks and many more.
-The package also includes a Unix SMB client and a netbios nameserver.
+The package also includes a SMB client for accessing other SMB servers
+and a netbios nameserver for browsing support.
What can it do for me?
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If you have any PCs running SMB clients, such as a PC running Windows
-for Workgroups, then you can mount file space or printers from a unix
-host, so that directories, files and printers on the unix host are
+for Workgroups, then you can mount file space or printers on a Samba
+host, so that directories, files and printers on the host are
available on the PC.
The client part of the package will also allow you to attach to other
WfWg server) from Unix, using an entry in /etc/printcap, or by
explicitly specifying the command used to print files.
-What are it's features?
+What are its features?
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Samba supports many features that are not supported in other SMB
implementations (all of which are commercial). Some of it's features
-include host as well as username/password security, a unix client,
+include host as well as username/password security, a client,
automatic home directory exporting, automatic printer exporting, dead
connection timeouts, umask support, guest connections, name mangling
and hidden and system attribute mapping. Look at the man pages
GNU Public licence in source code form at no cost. Please read the
file COPYING that comes with the package for more information.
-What flavours of unix does it support?
+What operating systems does it support?
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The code has been written to be as portable as possible. It has been
Linux, SunOS, Solaris, SVR4, Ultrix, OSF1, AIX, BSDI, NetBSD,
Sequent, HP-UX, SGI, FreeBSD, NeXT, ISC, A/UX, SCO, Intergraph,
-Domain/OS and DGUX.
+Silicon Graphics Inc., Domain/OS and DGUX.
Some of these have received more testing than others. If it doesn't
-work with your unix then it should be easy to fix.
+work with your unix then it should be easy to fix. It has also been ported
+to Netware, OS/2 and the Amiga. A VMS port is available too. See the web site
+for more details.
Who wrote it?
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Where can I get it?
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-The package is available via anonymous ftp from nimbus.anu.edu.au in
-the directory pub/tridge/samba/.
+The package is available via anonymous ftp from samba.anu.edu.au in
+the directory pub/samba/.
What about SMBServer?
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newsgroup comp.protocols.smb.
A WWW site with lots of Samba info can be found at
-http://lake.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/
+http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/
-Andrew Tridgell (Contact: samba-bugs@anu.edu.au)
-January 1995
+The Samba Team (Contact: samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au)
+June 1996
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