1mailto(samba@samba.org) 2manpage(Samba htmlcommand((7)))(7)(23 Oct 1998)(Samba)() 3 4label(NAME) 5manpagename(Samba)(A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX) 6 7label(SYNOPSIS) 8manpagesynopsis() 9bf(Samba) 10 11 12label(DESCRIPTION) 13manpagedescription() 14 15The Samba software suite is a collection of programs that implements 16the Server Message Block(commonly abbreviated as SMB) protocol for 17UNIX systems. This protocol is sometimes also referred to as the 18Common Internet File System (CIFS), LanManager or NetBIOS protocol. 19 20label(COMPONENTS) 21manpagesection(COMPONENTS) 22 23The Samba suite is made up of several components. Each component is 24described in a separate manual page. It is strongly recommended that 25you read the documentation that comes with Samba and the manual pages 26of those components that you use. If the manual pages aren't clear 27enough then please send a patch or bug report 28to email(samba@samba.org). 29 30startdit() 31 32dit(url(bf(smbd))(smbd.8.html)) nl() nl() The url(bf(smbd) 33(8))(smbd.8.html) daemon provides the file and print services to SMB 34clients, such as Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups or 35LanManager. The configuration file for this daemon is described in 36url(bf(smb.conf (5)))(smb.conf.5.html). 37 38dit(url(bf(nmbd))(nmbd.8.html)) nl() nl() The url(bf(nmbd) 39(8))(nmbd.8.html) daemon provides NetBIOS nameserving and browsing 40support. The configuration file for this daemon is described in 41url(bf(smb.conf (5)))(smb.conf.5.html). 42 43dit(url(bf(smbclient))(smbclient.1.html)) nl() nl() The url(bf(smbclient) 44(1))(smbclient.1.html) program implements a simple ftp-like 45client. This is useful for accessing SMB shares on other compatible 46servers (such as Windows NT), and can also be used to allow a UNIX box 47to print to a printer attached to any SMB server (such as a PC running 48Windows NT). 49 50dit(url(bf(testparm))(testparm.1.html)) nl() nl() The url(bf(testparm 51(1)))(testparm.1.html) utility allows you to test your url(bf(smb.conf 52(5)))(smb.conf.5.html) configuration file. 53 54dit(url(bf(testprns))(testprns.1.html)) nl() nl() the url(bf(testprns 55(1)))(testprns.1.html) utility allows you to test the printers defined 56in your printcap file. 57 58dit(url(bf(smbstatus))(smbstatus.1.html)) nl() nl() The url(bf(smbstatus) 59(1))(smbstatus.1.html) utility allows you list current connections to the 60url(bf(smbd (8)))(smbd.8.html) server. 61 62dit(url(bf(nmblookup))(nmblookup.1.html)) nl() nl() the 63url(bf(nmblookup (1)))(nmblookup.1.html) utility allows NetBIOS name 64queries to be made from the UNIX machine. 65 66dit(url(bf(make_smbcodepage))(make_smbcodepage.1.html)) nl() nl() The 67url(bf(make_smbcodepage (1)))(make_smbcodepage.1.html) utility allows 68you to create SMB code page definition files for your url(bf(smbd 69(8)))(smbd.8.html) server. 70 71dit(url(bf(smbpasswd))(smbpasswd.8.html)) nl() nl() The url(bf(smbpasswd 72(8)))(smbpasswd.8.html) utility allows you to change SMB encrypted 73passwords on Samba and Windows NT(tm) servers. 74 75enddit() 76 77label(AVAILABILITY) 78manpagesection(AVAILABILITY) 79 80The Samba software suite is licensed under the GNU Public License 81(GPL). A copy of that license should have come with the package in the 82file COPYING. You are encouraged to distribute copies of the Samba 83suite, but please obey the terms of this license. 84 85The latest version of the Samba suite can be obtained via anonymous 86ftp from samba.org in the directory pub/samba/. It is 87also available on several mirror sites worldwide. 88 89You 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 93If you have access to a WWW viewer (such as Netscape or Mosaic) then 94you will also find lots of useful information, including back issues 95of the Samba mailing list, at 96url(http://samba.org/samba/)(http://samba.org/samba/). 97 98label(VERSION) 99manpagesection(VERSION) 100 101This man page is correct for version 2.0 of the Samba suite. 102 103label(CONTRIBUTIONS) 104manpagesection(CONTRIBUTIONS) 105 106If you wish to contribute to the Samba project, then I suggest you 107join the Samba mailing list at email(samba@samba.org). See the 108Web page at 109url(http://samba.org/listproc)(http://samba.org/listproc) 110for details on how to do this. 111 112If you have patches to submit or bugs to report then you may mail them 113directly to email(samba@samba.org). Note, however, that due to 114the enormous popularity of this package the Samba Team may take some 115time to respond to mail. We prefer patches in em(diff -u) format. 116 117label(CREDITS) 118manpagesection(CREDITS) 119 120Contributors to the project are now too numerous to mention here but 121all deserve the thanks of all Samba users. To see a full list, look at 122url(ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/change-log)(ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/change-log) 123for the pre-CVS changes and at 124url(ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/cvs.log)(ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/cvs.log) 125for the contributors to Samba post-CVS. CVS is the Open Source source 126code control system used by the Samba Team to develop Samba. The 127project would have been unmanageable without it. 128 129In addition, several commercial organizations now help fund the Samba 130Team with money and equipment. For details see the Samba Web pages at 131url(http://samba.org/samba/samba-thanks.html)(http://samba.org/samba/samba-thanks.html). 132 133label(AUTHOR) 134manpageauthor() 135 136The original Samba software and related utilities were created by 137Andrew Tridgell email(samba@samba.org). Samba is now developed 138by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the 139Linux kernel is developed. 140 141The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The man page 142sources were converted to YODL format (another excellent piece of Open 143Source software, available at 144url(bf(ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/))(ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/)) 145and updated for the Samba2.0 release by Jeremy Allison. 146email(samba@samba.org). 147