!==
-!== UNIX_INSTALL.txt for Samba release 2.0.0-alpha5 17 Sep 1998
+!== UNIX_INSTALL.txt for Samba release 2.0.0-alpha11 09 Oct 1998
!==
Contributor: Andrew Tridgell <samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au>
Date: Unknown
Status: Current
-Updated: July 5, 1998 <jht@samba.anu.edu.au>
+Updated: November 13, 1998 <jra@samba.anu.edu.au>
Subject: HOW TO INSTALL AND TEST SAMBA
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nroff -man smbd.8 | more
-Unfortunately, having said this, the man pages are sadly out of date and
-really need more effort to maintain them. Other sources of information
-are pointed to by the Samba web site, http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba.
+Other sources of information are pointed to by the Samba web
+site, http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba.
STEP 1. Building the binaries
STEP 7. try connecting with the unix client. eg:
-smbclient '\\yourhostname\aservice'
+smbclient //yourhostname/aservice
Typically the "yourhostname" would be the name of the host where you
installed smbd. The "aservice" is any service you have defined in the
For example if your unix host is bambi and your login name is fred you
would type:
-smbclient '\\bambi\fred'
-
-NOTE: The number of slashes to use depends on the type of shell you
-use. You may need '\\\\bambi\\fred' with some shells.
+smbclient //bambi/fred
STEP 8. Try connecting from a dos/WfWg/Win95/NT/os-2 client. Try
mounting disks. eg: