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15<h2>Samba</h2>
16<h2>23 Oct 1998</h2>
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20<p><a name="NAME"></a>
21<h2>NAME</h2>
22    Samba - A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX
23<p><a name="SYNOPSIS"></a>
24<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
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26<strong>Samba</strong>
27<p><a name="DESCRIPTION"></a>
28<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
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30<p>The Samba software suite is a collection of programs that implements
31the Server Message Block(commonly abbreviated as SMB) protocol for
32UNIX systems. This protocol is sometimes also referred to as the
33Common Internet File System (CIFS), LanManager or NetBIOS protocol.
34<p><a name="COMPONENTS"></a>
35<h2>COMPONENTS</h2>
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37<p>The Samba suite is made up of several components. Each component is
38described in a separate manual page. It is strongly recommended that
39you read the documentation that comes with Samba and the manual pages
40of those components that you use. If the manual pages aren't clear
41enough then please send a patch or bug report
42to <a href="mailto:samba@samba.org"><em>samba@samba.org</em></a>.
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44<p><p></p><dt><strong><a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a></strong><dd> <br> <br> The <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong>
45(8)</a> daemon provides the file and print services to SMB
46clients, such as Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups or
47LanManager. The configuration file for this daemon is described in
48<a href="smb.conf.5.html"><strong>smb.conf (5)</strong></a>.
49<p><p></p><dt><strong><a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong></a></strong><dd> <br> <br> The <a href="nmbd.8.html"><strong>nmbd</strong>
50(8)</a> daemon provides NetBIOS nameserving and browsing
51support. The configuration file for this daemon is described in
52<a href="smb.conf.5.html"><strong>smb.conf (5)</strong></a>.
53<p><p></p><dt><strong><a href="smbclient.1.html"><strong>smbclient</strong></a></strong><dd> <br> <br> The <a href="smbclient.1.html"><strong>smbclient</strong>
54(1)</a> program implements a simple ftp-like
55client. This is useful for accessing SMB shares on other compatible
56servers (such as Windows NT), and can also be used to allow a UNIX box
57to print to a printer attached to any SMB server (such as a PC running
58Windows NT).
59<p><p></p><dt><strong><a href="testparm.1.html"><strong>testparm</strong></a></strong><dd> <br> <br> The <a href="testparm.1.html"><strong>testparm
60(1)</strong></a> utility allows you to test your <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><strong>smb.conf
61(5)</strong></a> configuration file.
62<p><p></p><dt><strong><a href="testprns.1.html"><strong>testprns</strong></a></strong><dd> <br> <br> the <a href="testprns.1.html"><strong>testprns
63(1)</strong></a> utility allows you to test the printers defined
64in your printcap file.
65<p><p></p><dt><strong><a href="smbstatus.1.html"><strong>smbstatus</strong></a></strong><dd> <br> <br> The <a href="smbstatus.1.html"><strong>smbstatus</strong>
66(1)</a> utility allows you list current connections to the 
67<a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd (8)</strong></a> server.
68<p><p></p><dt><strong><a href="nmblookup.1.html"><strong>nmblookup</strong></a></strong><dd> <br> <br> the
69<a href="nmblookup.1.html"><strong>nmblookup (1)</strong></a> utility allows NetBIOS name
70queries to be made from the UNIX machine.
71<p><p></p><dt><strong><a href="make_smbcodepage.1.html"><strong>make_smbcodepage</strong></a></strong><dd> <br> <br> The
72<a href="make_smbcodepage.1.html"><strong>make_smbcodepage (1)</strong></a> utility allows
73you to create SMB code page definition files for your <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd
74(8)</strong></a> server.
75<p><p></p><dt><strong><a href="smbpasswd.8.html"><strong>smbpasswd</strong></a></strong><dd> <br> <br> The <a href="smbpasswd.8.html"><strong>smbpasswd
76(8)</strong></a> utility allows you to change SMB encrypted
77passwords on Samba and Windows NT(tm) servers.
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79<p><a name="AVAILABILITY"></a>
80<h2>AVAILABILITY</h2>
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82<p>The Samba software suite is licensed under the GNU Public License
83(GPL). A copy of that license should have come with the package in the
84file COPYING. You are encouraged to distribute copies of the Samba
85suite, but please obey the terms of this license.
86<p>The latest version of the Samba suite can be obtained via anonymous
87ftp from samba.org in the directory pub/samba/. It is
88also available on several mirror sites worldwide.
89<p>You may also find useful information about Samba on the newsgroup
90comp.protocols.smb and the Samba mailing list. Details on how to join
91the mailing list are given in the README file that comes with Samba.
92<p>If you have access to a WWW viewer (such as Netscape or Mosaic) then
93you will also find lots of useful information, including back issues
94of the Samba mailing list, at
95<a href="http://samba.org/samba/">http://samba.org/samba/</a>.
96<p><a name="VERSION"></a>
97<h2>VERSION</h2>
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99<p>This man page is correct for version 2.0 of the Samba suite. 
100<p><a name="CONTRIBUTIONS"></a>
101<h2>CONTRIBUTIONS</h2>
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103<p>If you wish to contribute to the Samba project, then I suggest you
104join the Samba mailing list at <a href="mailto:samba@samba.org"><em>samba@samba.org</em></a>. See the
105Web page at
106<a href="http://samba.org/listproc">http://samba.org/listproc</a>
107for details on how to do this.
108<p>If you have patches to submit or bugs to report then you may mail them
109directly to <a href="mailto:samba@samba.org"><em>samba@samba.org</em></a>. Note, however, that due to
110the enormous popularity of this package the Samba Team may take some
111time to respond to mail. We prefer patches in <em>diff -u</em> format.
112<p><a name="CREDITS"></a>
113<h2>CREDITS</h2>
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115<p>Contributors to the project are now too numerous to mention here but
116all deserve the thanks of all Samba users. To see a full list, look at
117<a href="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/change-log">ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/change-log</a>
118for the pre-CVS changes and at
119<a href="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/cvs.log">ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/cvs.log</a>
120for the contributors to Samba post-CVS. CVS is the Open Source source
121code control system used by the Samba Team to develop Samba. The
122project would have been unmanageable without it.
123<p>In addition, several commercial organizations now help fund the Samba
124Team with money and equipment. For details see the Samba Web pages at
125<a href="http://samba.org/samba/samba-thanks.html">http://samba.org/samba/samba-thanks.html</a>.
126<p><a name="AUTHOR"></a>
127<h2>AUTHOR</h2>
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129<p>The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
130Andrew Tridgell <a href="mailto:samba@samba.org"><em>samba@samba.org</em></a>. Samba is now developed
131by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the
132Linux kernel is developed.
133<p>The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The man page
134sources were converted to YODL format (another excellent piece of Open
135Source software, available at
136<a href="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/"><strong>ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</strong></a>)
137and updated for the Samba2.0 release by Jeremy Allison.
138<a href="mailto:samba@samba.org"><em>samba@samba.org</em></a>.
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