Samba meta FAQ
- Dan Shearer & Paul Blackman, ictinus@samba.anu.edu.au
+ Dan Shearer & Paul Blackman, ictinus@samba.org
v 0.3, 7 Oct '97
This is the meta-Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document for Samba,
+\bo Meta-FAQ. This is the mother of all documents, and is the one you
are reading now. The latest version is always at
- <http://samba.anu.edu.au/[.....]> but there is probably a much
+ <http://samba.org/[.....]> but there is probably a much
nearer mirror site <../MIRRORS> which you should use instead.
+\bo <Samba-Server-FAQ.html> is the best starting point for information
At time of writing, the current version was 1.9.17. If you want to be
sure check the bottom of the change-log file.
- <ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/alpha/change-log>
+ <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/change-log>
For more information see ``What do the version numbers mean?''
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- The Samba suite is available via anonymous ftp from samba.anu.edu.au
+ The Samba suite is available via anonymous ftp from samba.org
and many mirror <../MIRRORS> sites. You will get much faster
performance if you use a mirror site. The latest and greatest versions
of the suite are in the directory:
+\bo The newsgroup comp.protocols.smb, which has a great deal of
discussion about Samba.
- +\bo The WWW site 'SAMBA Web Pages' at <http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/>
+ +\bo The WWW site 'SAMBA Web Pages' at <http://samba.org/samba/>
includes:
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- Send email to listproc@samba.anu.edu.au. Make sure the subject line is
+ Send email to listproc@samba.org. Make sure the subject line is
blank, and include the following two lines in the body of the message:
subscribers. There are thousands of people on this list.
If you stop being interested in Samba, please send another email to
- listproc@samba.anu.edu.au. Make sure the subject line is blank, and
+ listproc@samba.org. Make sure the subject line is blank, and
include the following two lines in the body of the message:
1. See if there are any likely looking entries in this FAQ! If you
have just installed Samba, have you run through the checklist in
- DIAGNOSIS.txt <ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/DIAGNOSIS.txt>? It
+ DIAGNOSIS.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/DIAGNOSIS.txt>? It
can save you a lot of time and effort. DIAGNOSIS.txt can also be
found in the docs directory of the Samba distribution.
If you make changes to the source code, _\bp_\bl_\be_\ba_\bs_\be submit these patches so
that everyone else gets the benefit of your work. This is one of the
most important aspects to the maintainence of Samba. Send all patches
- to samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au. Do not send patches to Andrew Tridgell
+ to samba-bugs@samba.org. Do not send patches to Andrew Tridgell
or any other individual, they may be lost if you do.
Patch format ------------
If you have spotted something very serious and believe that it is
important to contact the developers quickly send a message to samba-
- urgent@samba.anu.edu.au. This will be processed more quickly than mail
+ urgent@samba.org. This will be processed more quickly than mail
to samba-bugs. Please think carefully before using this address. An
example of its use might be to report a security hole.
protocol specification is in the public domain and ongoing discussions
concerning the spec take place on a public mailing list according to
the rules of the Internet Engineering Task Force. For more information
- and pointers see <http://samba.anu.edu.au/cifs/>
+ and pointers see <http://samba.org/cifs/>
The following is taken from <http://www.microsoft.com/intdev/cifs/>
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