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author | Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> | 2002-10-02 19:28:33 +0000 |
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committer | Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> | 2002-10-02 19:28:33 +0000 |
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Remove old faq - all the useful information it contained is now in the new FAQ
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diff --git a/docs/faq/Samba-Server-FAQ-1.html b/docs/faq/Samba-Server-FAQ-1.html deleted file mode 100644 index 0bf7f04610..0000000000 --- a/docs/faq/Samba-Server-FAQ-1.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,77 +0,0 @@ -<HTML> -<HEAD> -<TITLE> Samba Server FAQ: What is Samba?</TITLE> -</HEAD> -<BODY> -Previous -<A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html">Next</A> -<A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ.html#toc1">Table of Contents</A> -<HR> -<H2><A NAME="s1">1. What is Samba?</A></H2> - -<P> -<A NAME="WhatIsSamba"></A> -</P> -<P>See the -<A HREF="Samba-meta-FAQ.html#introduction">meta FAQ introduction</A> if you don't have any idea what Samba does.</P> -<P>Samba has many features that are not supported in other CIFS and SMB -implementations, all of which are commercial. It approaches some -problems from a different angle.</P> -<P>Some of its features include: -<UL> -<LI>extremely dynamic runtime configuration</LI> -<LI>host as well as username/password security</LI> -<LI>scriptable SMB client</LI> -<LI>automatic home directory exporting</LI> -<LI>automatic printer exporting</LI> -<LI>intelligent dead connection timeouts</LI> -<LI>guest connections</LI> -</UL> -</P> -<P>Look at the -<A HREF="samba-man-index.html">manual pages</A> included with the package for a full list of -features. The components of the suite are (in summary):</P> -<P> -<DL> - -<DT><B>smbd</B><DD><P>the SMB server. This handles actual connections from clients, -doing all the interfacing with the -<A HREF="Samba-meta-FAQ.html#DomainModeSecurity">authentication database</A> for file, permission and username work.</P> - -<DT><B>nmbd</B><DD><P>the NetBIOS name server, which helps clients locate servers, -maintaining the -<A HREF="Samba-meta-FAQ.html#BrowseAndDomainDefs">authentication database</A> doing the browsing work and managing -domains as this capability is being built into Samba.</P> - -<DT><B>smbclient</B><DD><P>the scriptable commandline SMB client program. -Useful for automated work, printer filters and testing purposes. It is -more CIFS-compliant than most commercial implementations. Note that this -is not a filesystem. The Samba team does not supply a network filesystem -driver, although the smbfs filesystem for Linux is derived from -smbclient code.</P> - -<DT><B>smbrun</B><DD><P>a little 'glue' program to help the server run -external programs.</P> - -<DT><B>testprns</B><DD><P>a program to test server access to printers</P> - -<DT><B>testparms</B><DD><P>a program to test the Samba configuration file -for correctness</P> - -<DT><B>smb.conf</B><DD><P>the Samba configuration file</P> - -<DT><B>examples</B><DD><P>many examples have been put together for the different -operating systems that Samba supports.</P> - -<DT><B>Documentation!</B><DD><P>DON'T neglect to read it - you will save a great -deal of time!</P> - -</DL> -</P> - -<HR> -Previous -<A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html">Next</A> -<A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ.html#toc1">Table of Contents</A> -</BODY> -</HTML> |