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1 perry 1 SAMBA
2 !!!SAMBA
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 COMPONENTS
7 AVAILABILITY
8 VERSION
9 CONTRIBUTIONS
10 CONTRIBUTORS
11 AUTHOR
12 ----
13 !!NAME
14
15
16 SAMBA - A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX
17 !!SYNOPSIS
18
19
20 __Samba__
21 !!DESCRIPTION
22
23
24 The Samba software suite is a collection of programs that
25 implements the Server Message Block (commonly abbreviated as
26 SMB) protocol for UNIX systems. This protocol is sometimes
27 also referred to as the Common Internet File System (CIFS),
2 perry 28 !LanManager or NetBIOS protocol.
1 perry 29
30
31 __smbd__
32
33
34 The __smbd__ daemon provides the file and print services
35 to SMB clients, such as Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows
2 perry 36 for Workgroups or !LanManager. The configuration file for
1 perry 37 this daemon is described in ''smb.conf''
38
39
40 __nmbd__
41
42
43 The __nmbd__ daemon provides NetBIOS nameserving and
44 browsing support. The configuration file for this daemon is
45 described in ''smb.conf''
46
47
48 __smbclient__
49
50
51 The __smbclient__ program implements a simple ftp-like
52 client. This is useful for accessing SMB shares on other
53 compatible servers (such as Windows NT), and can also be
54 used to allow a UNIX box to print to a printer attached to
55 any SMB server (such as a PC running Windows
56 NT).
57
58
59 __testparm__
60
61
62 The __testparm__ utility is a simple syntax checker for
63 Samba's ''smb.conf''configuration file.
64
65
66 __testprns__
67
68
69 The __testprns__ utility supports testing printer names
70 defined in your ''printcap'' file used by
71 Samba.
72
73
74 __smbstatus__
75
76
77 The __smbstatus__ tool provides access to information
78 about the current connections to __smbd__.
79
80
81 __nmblookup__
82
83
84 The __nmblookup__ tools allows NetBIOS name queries to be
85 made from a UNIX host.
86
87
88 __make_smbcodepage__
89
90
91 The __make_smbcodepage__ utility provides a means of
92 creating SMB code page definition files for your __smbd__
93 server.
94
95
96 __smbpasswd__
97
98
2 perry 99 The __smbpasswd__ command is a tool for changing !LanMan
1 perry 100 and Windows NT password hashes on Samba and Windows NT
101 servers.
102 !!COMPONENTS
103
104
105 The Samba suite is made up of several components. Each
106 component is described in a separate manual page. It is
107 strongly recommended that you read the documentation that
108 comes with Samba and the manual pages of those components
109 that you use. If the manual pages aren't clear enough then
110 please send a patch or bug report to samba@samba.org
111 !!AVAILABILITY
112
113
114 The Samba software suite is licensed under the GNU Public
115 License(GPL). A copy of that license should have come with
116 the package in the file COPYING. You are encouraged to
117 distribute copies of the Samba suite, but please obey the
118 terms of this license.
119
120
121 The latest version of the Samba suite can be obtained via
122 anonymous ftp from samba.org in the directory pub/samba/. It
123 is also available on several mirror sites
124 worldwide.
125
126
127 You may also find useful information about Samba on the
128 newsgroup comp.protocol.smb
129
130
131 If you have access to a WWW viewer (such as Netscape or
132 Mosaic) then you will also find lots of useful information,
133 including back issues of the Samba mailing list, at
134 http://lists.samba.org
135 !!VERSION
136
137
138 This man page is correct for version 2.2 of the Samba
139 suite.
140 !!CONTRIBUTIONS
141
142
143 If you wish to contribute to the Samba project, then I
144 suggest you join the Samba mailing list at
145 http://lists.samba.org
146
147
148 If you have patches to submit or bugs to report then you may
149 mail them directly to samba-patches@samba.org. Note,
150 however, that due to the enormous popularity of this package
151 the Samba Team may take some time to respond to mail. We
152 prefer patches in __diff -u__ format.
153 !!CONTRIBUTORS
154
155
156 Contributors to the project are now too numerous to mention
157 here but all deserve the thanks of all Samba users. To see a
158 full list, look at
159 ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/change-log
160
161
162 In addition, several commercial organizations now help fund
163 the Samba Team with money and equipment. For details see the
164 Samba Web pages at
165 http://samba.org/samba/samba-thanks.html.
166 !!AUTHOR
167
168
169 The original Samba software and related utilities were
170 created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the
171 Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the
172 Linux kernel is developed.
173
174
175 The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The
176 man page sources were converted to YODL format (another
177 excellent piece of Open Source software, available at
178 ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/
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