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28 NAME="SAMBA-HOWTO-COLLECTION">SAMBA Project Documentation</H1
32 NAME="AEN4">SAMBA Team</H3
36 NAME="AEN8">Abstract</H1
46 >This book is a collection of HOWTOs added to Samba documentation over the years.
47 I try to ensure that all are current, but sometimes the is a larger job
48 than one person can maintain. The most recent version of this document
50 HREF="http://www.samba.org/"
52 >http://www.samba.org/</A
54 on the "Documentation" page. Please send updates to <A
55 HREF="mailto:jerry@samba.org"
60 HREF="mailto:jelmer@samba.org"
65 >This documentation is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL)
66 version 2. A copy of the license is included with the Samba source
67 distribution. A copy can be found on-line at <A
68 HREF="http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.txt"
70 >http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.txt</A
83 HREF="introduction.html"
84 >General installation</A
91 >How to Install and Test SAMBA</A
97 HREF="install.html#AEN26"
98 >Read the man pages</A
102 HREF="install.html#AEN36"
103 >Building the Binaries</A
107 HREF="install.html#AEN64"
108 >The all important step</A
112 HREF="install.html#AEN68"
113 >Create the smb configuration file.</A
117 HREF="install.html#AEN82"
118 >Test your config file with
126 HREF="install.html#AEN90"
127 >Starting the smbd and nmbd</A
131 HREF="install.html#AEN145"
132 >Try listing the shares available on your
137 HREF="install.html#AEN154"
138 >Try connecting with the unix client</A
142 HREF="install.html#AEN170"
143 >Try connecting from a DOS, WfWg, Win9x, WinNT,
144 Win2k, OS/2, etc... client</A
148 HREF="install.html#AEN184"
149 >What If Things Don't Work?</A
155 HREF="improved-browsing.html"
156 >Improved browsing in samba</A
162 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN229"
163 >Overview of browsing</A
167 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN233"
168 >Browsing support in samba</A
172 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN242"
173 >Problem resolution</A
177 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN249"
178 >Browsing across subnets</A
182 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN289"
183 >Setting up a WINS server</A
187 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN308"
188 >Setting up Browsing in a WORKGROUP</A
192 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN326"
193 >Setting up Browsing in a DOMAIN</A
197 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN336"
198 >Forcing samba to be the master</A
202 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN345"
203 >Making samba the domain master</A
207 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN363"
208 >Note about broadcast addresses</A
212 HREF="improved-browsing.html#AEN366"
213 >Multiple interfaces</A
219 HREF="browsing-quick.html"
220 >Quick Cross Subnet Browsing / Cross Workgroup Browsing guide</A
226 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN377"
231 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN385"
232 >Use of the "Remote Announce" parameter</A
236 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN399"
237 >Use of the "Remote Browse Sync" parameter</A
241 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN404"
246 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN415"
247 >Do NOT use more than one (1) protocol on MS Windows machines</A
251 HREF="browsing-quick.html#AEN421"
252 >Name Resolution Order</A
258 HREF="pwencrypt.html"
259 >LanMan and NT Password Encryption in Samba</A
265 HREF="pwencrypt.html#AEN457"
270 HREF="pwencrypt.html#AEN462"
271 >Important Notes About Security</A
275 HREF="pwencrypt.html#AEN497"
276 >The smbpasswd Command</A
285 >Type of installation</A
291 HREF="securitylevels.html"
292 >User and Share security level (for servers not in a domain)</A
296 HREF="samba-pdc.html"
297 >How to Configure Samba as a NT4 Primary Domain Controller</A
303 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN575"
304 >Prerequisite Reading</A
308 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN581"
313 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN620"
314 >Configuring the Samba Domain Controller</A
318 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN663"
319 >Creating Machine Trust Accounts and Joining Clients to the
324 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN747"
325 >Common Problems and Errors</A
329 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN795"
330 >System Policies and Profiles</A
334 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN839"
335 >What other help can I get?</A
339 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN953"
340 >Domain Control for Windows 9x/ME</A
344 HREF="samba-pdc.html#AEN1091"
345 >DOMAIN_CONTROL.txt : Windows NT Domain Control & Samba</A
351 HREF="samba-bdc.html"
352 >How to Act as a Backup Domain Controller in a Purely Samba Controlled Domain</A
358 HREF="samba-bdc.html#AEN1127"
359 >Prerequisite Reading</A
363 HREF="samba-bdc.html#AEN1131"
368 HREF="samba-bdc.html#AEN1139"
369 >What qualifies a Domain Controller on the network?</A
373 HREF="samba-bdc.html#AEN1148"
374 >Can Samba be a Backup Domain Controller?</A
378 HREF="samba-bdc.html#AEN1152"
379 >How do I set up a Samba BDC?</A
386 >Samba as a ADS domain member</A
392 HREF="ads.html#AEN1187"
393 >Installing the required packages for Debian</A
397 HREF="ads.html#AEN1193"
398 >Installing the required packages for RedHat</A
402 HREF="ads.html#AEN1202"
407 HREF="ads.html#AEN1217"
408 >Setup your /etc/krb5.conf</A
412 HREF="ads.html#AEN1227"
413 >Create the computer account</A
417 HREF="ads.html#AEN1243"
418 >Test your server setup</A
422 HREF="ads.html#AEN1248"
423 >Testing with smbclient</A
427 HREF="ads.html#AEN1251"
434 HREF="domain-security.html"
435 >Samba as a NT4 domain member</A
441 HREF="domain-security.html#AEN1273"
442 >Joining an NT Domain with Samba 2.2</A
446 HREF="domain-security.html#AEN1337"
447 >Samba and Windows 2000 Domains</A
451 HREF="domain-security.html#AEN1342"
452 >Why is this better than security = server?</A
461 >Optional configuration</A
467 HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html"
468 >Integrating MS Windows networks with Samba</A
474 HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1374"
479 HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1396"
480 >Name Resolution in a pure Unix/Linux world</A
484 HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1459"
485 >Name resolution as used within MS Windows networking</A
489 HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1504"
490 >How browsing functions and how to deploy stable and
491 dependable browsing using Samba</A
495 HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1514"
496 >MS Windows security options and how to configure
497 Samba for seemless integration</A
501 HREF="integrate-ms-networks.html#AEN1584"
508 HREF="unix-permissions.html"
509 >UNIX Permission Bits and Windows NT Access Control Lists</A
515 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1605"
516 >Viewing and changing UNIX permissions using the NT
521 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1614"
522 >How to view file security on a Samba share</A
526 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1625"
527 >Viewing file ownership</A
531 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1645"
532 >Viewing file or directory permissions</A
536 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1681"
537 >Modifying file or directory permissions</A
541 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1703"
542 >Interaction with the standard Samba create mask
547 HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1767"
548 >Interaction with the standard Samba file attribute
556 >Configuring PAM for distributed but centrally
557 managed authentication</A
563 HREF="pam.html#AEN1788"
568 HREF="pam.html#AEN1832"
569 >Distributed Authentication</A
573 HREF="pam.html#AEN1839"
574 >PAM Configuration in smb.conf</A
581 >Hosting a Microsoft Distributed File System tree on Samba</A
587 HREF="msdfs.html#AEN1859"
601 HREF="printing.html#AEN1920"
606 HREF="printing.html#AEN1942"
611 HREF="printing.html#AEN2050"
612 >The Imprints Toolset</A
616 HREF="printing.html#AEN2093"
624 >Unified Logons between Windows NT and UNIX using Winbind</A
630 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2225"
635 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2229"
640 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2242"
641 >What Winbind Provides</A
645 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2253"
646 >How Winbind Works</A
650 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2293"
651 >Installation and Configuration</A
655 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2542"
660 HREF="winbind.html#AEN2552"
667 HREF="pdb-mysql.html"
668 >Passdb MySQL plugin</A
674 HREF="pdb-mysql.html#AEN2566"
679 HREF="pdb-mysql.html#AEN2572"
684 HREF="pdb-mysql.html#AEN2589"
685 >Using plaintext passwords or encrypted password</A
689 HREF="pdb-mysql.html#AEN2594"
690 >Getting non-column data from the table</A
697 >Passdb XML plugin</A
703 HREF="pdb-xml.html#AEN2613"
708 HREF="pdb-xml.html#AEN2619"
716 >Stackable VFS modules</A
722 HREF="vfs.html#AEN2640"
723 >Introduction and configuration</A
727 HREF="vfs.html#AEN2649"
732 HREF="vfs.html#AEN2703"
733 >VFS modules available elsewhere</A
739 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html"
740 >Storing Samba's User/Machine Account information in an LDAP Directory</A
746 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2737"
751 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2757"
756 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2786"
757 >Supported LDAP Servers</A
761 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2791"
762 >Schema and Relationship to the RFC 2307 posixAccount</A
766 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2803"
767 >Configuring Samba with LDAP</A
771 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2850"
772 >Accounts and Groups management</A
776 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2855"
777 >Security and sambaAccount</A
781 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2875"
782 >LDAP specials attributes for sambaAccounts</A
786 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2945"
787 >Example LDIF Entries for a sambaAccount</A
791 HREF="samba-ldap-howto.html#AEN2953"
798 HREF="cvs-access.html"
799 >HOWTO Access Samba source code via CVS</A
805 HREF="cvs-access.html#AEN2964"
810 HREF="cvs-access.html#AEN2969"
811 >CVS Access to samba.org</A
817 HREF="groupmapping.html"
818 >Group mapping HOWTO</A
823 >Samba performance issues</A
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834 HREF="speed.html#AEN3061"
839 HREF="speed.html#AEN3068"
844 HREF="speed.html#AEN3073"
849 HREF="speed.html#AEN3078"
854 HREF="speed.html#AEN3081"
859 HREF="speed.html#AEN3086"
864 HREF="speed.html#AEN3090"
869 HREF="speed.html#AEN3094"
874 HREF="speed.html#AEN3097"
883 HREF="appendixes.html"
890 HREF="portability.html"
897 HREF="portability.html#AEN3139"
902 HREF="portability.html#AEN3145"
907 HREF="portability.html#AEN3149"
912 HREF="portability.html#AEN3178"
913 >RedHat Linux Rembrandt-II</A
919 HREF="other-clients.html"
920 >Samba and other CIFS clients</A
926 HREF="other-clients.html#AEN3199"
927 >Macintosh clients?</A
931 HREF="other-clients.html#AEN3208"
936 HREF="other-clients.html#AEN3248"
937 >Windows for Workgroups</A
941 HREF="other-clients.html#AEN3269"
946 HREF="other-clients.html#AEN3285"
947 >Windows 2000 Service Pack 2</A
953 HREF="bugreport.html"
960 HREF="bugreport.html#AEN3309"
965 HREF="bugreport.html#AEN3319"
970 HREF="bugreport.html#AEN3325"
975 HREF="bugreport.html#AEN3342"
980 HREF="bugreport.html#AEN3352"
981 >Attaching to a running process</A
985 HREF="bugreport.html#AEN3355"
992 HREF="diagnosis.html"
993 >Diagnosing your samba server</A
999 HREF="diagnosis.html#AEN3378"
1004 HREF="diagnosis.html#AEN3383"
1009 HREF="diagnosis.html#AEN3393"
1014 HREF="diagnosis.html#AEN3503"
1015 >Still having troubles?</A
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