1<chapter id="samba"> 2 <title>Samba</title> 3 4 <para> 5 Samba is an Open Source application that provides 6 an SMB implementation for POSIX-compatible 7 operating systems. 8 </para> 9 10 <para> 11 Providing support for a Windows-based file-sharing protocol 12 on POSIX servers sometimes requires mapping Windows semantics to 13 POSIX semantics. 14 </para> 15 16 <para> 17 Samba has always been catching up with Microsoft. Here is a list 18 of Samba releases and what they support (or will support). 19 </para> 20 21 <sect1> 22 <title>Samba 2.2</title> 23 24 <para>Full CORE and Workgroup support. Somewhat basic 25 NT4-style support.</para> 26 </sect1> 27 28 <sect1> 29 <title>Samba 3.0</title> 30 31 <para>Full CORE and Workgroup support. Almost complete 32 NT4-style support. 33 </para> 34 </sect1> 35 36 <sect1> 37 <title>Samba 3.2</title> 38 39 <para>FIXME</para> 40 </sect1> 41 42 <sect1> 43 <title>Samba 4.0</title> 44 45 <para>Full CORE, Workgroup, NT4 and ADS support.</para> 46 47 </sect1> 48</chapter> 49