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+<refentry id="smb.conf.5" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude">
+
+<refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+</refmeta>
+
+
+<refnamediv>
+ <refname>smb.conf</refname>
+ <refpurpose>The configuration file for the Samba suite</refpurpose>
+</refnamediv>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>SYNOPSIS</title>
+
+ <para>The <filename moreinfo="none">smb.conf</filename> file is a configuration
+ file for the Samba suite. <filename moreinfo="none">smb.conf</filename> contains
+ runtime configuration information for the Samba programs. The <filename moreinfo="none">smb.conf</filename> file
+ is designed to be configured and administered by the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>swat</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> program. The complete
+ description of the file format and possible parameters held within
+ are here for reference purposes.</para> </refsect1>
+
+<refsect1 id="FILEFORMATSECT">
+ <title>FILE FORMAT</title>
+
+ <para>The file consists of sections and parameters. A section
+ begins with the name of the section in square brackets and continues
+ until the next section begins. Sections contain parameters of the
+ form</para>
+
+ <para><replaceable>name</replaceable> = <replaceable>value
+ </replaceable></para>
+
+ <para>The file is line-based - that is, each newline-terminated
+ line represents either a comment, a section name or a parameter.</para>
+
+ <para>Section and parameter names are not case sensitive.</para>
+
+ <para>Only the first equals sign in a parameter is significant.
+ Whitespace before or after the first equals sign is discarded.
+ Leading, trailing and internal whitespace in section and parameter
+ names is irrelevant. Leading and trailing whitespace in a parameter
+ value is discarded. Internal whitespace within a parameter value
+ is retained verbatim.</para>
+
+ <para>Any line beginning with a semicolon (<quote>;</quote>) or a hash (<quote>#</quote>)
+ character is ignored, as are lines containing only whitespace.</para>
+
+ <para>Any line ending in a <quote>\</quote> is continued
+ on the next line in the customary UNIX fashion.</para>
+
+ <para>The values following the equals sign in parameters are all
+ either a string (no quotes needed) or a boolean, which may be given
+ as yes/no, 0/1 or true/false. Case is not significant in boolean
+ values, but is preserved in string values. Some items such as
+ create modes are numeric.</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>SECTION DESCRIPTIONS</title>
+
+ <para>Each section in the configuration file (except for the
+ [global] section) describes a shared resource (known
+ as a <quote>share</quote>). The section name is the name of the
+ shared resource and the parameters within the section define
+ the shares attributes.</para>
+
+ <para>There are three special sections, [global],
+ [homes] and [printers], which are
+ described under <emphasis>special sections</emphasis>. The
+ following notes apply to ordinary section descriptions.</para>
+
+ <para>A share consists of a directory to which access is being
+ given plus a description of the access rights which are granted
+ to the user of the service. Some housekeeping options are
+ also specifiable.</para>
+
+ <para>Sections are either file share services (used by the
+ client as an extension of their native file systems) or
+ printable services (used by the client to access print services
+ on the host running the server).</para>
+
+ <para>Sections may be designated <emphasis>guest</emphasis> services,
+ in which case no password is required to access them. A specified
+ UNIX <emphasis>guest account</emphasis> is used to define access
+ privileges in this case.</para>
+
+ <para>Sections other than guest services will require a password
+ to access them. The client provides the username. As older clients
+ only provide passwords and not usernames, you may specify a list
+ of usernames to check against the password using the <quote>user =</quote>
+ option in the share definition. For modern clients such as
+ Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000, this should not be necessary.</para>
+
+ <para>The access rights granted by the server are
+ masked by the access rights granted to the specified or guest
+ UNIX user by the host system. The server does not grant more
+ access than the host system grants.</para>
+
+ <para>The following sample section defines a file space share.
+ The user has write access to the path <filename moreinfo="none">/home/bar</filename>.
+ The share is accessed via the share name <quote>foo</quote>:</para>
+
+<smbconfexample>
+ <smbconfsection>[foo]</smbconfsection>
+ <smbconfoption><name>path</name><value>/home/bar</value></smbconfoption>
+ <smbconfoption><name>read only</name><value>read only = no</value></smbconfoption>
+</smbconfexample>
+
+ <para>The following sample section defines a printable share.
+ The share is read-only, but printable. That is, the only write
+ access permitted is via calls to open, write to and close a
+ spool file. The <emphasis>guest ok</emphasis> parameter means
+ access will be permitted as the default guest user (specified
+ elsewhere):</para>
+
+<smbconfexample>
+ <smbconfsection>[aprinter]</smbconfsection>
+ <smbconfoption><name>path</name><value>/usr/spool/public</value></smbconfoption>
+ <smbconfoption><name>read only</name><value>yes</value></smbconfoption>
+ <smbconfoption><name>printable</name><value>yes</value></smbconfoption>
+ <smbconfoption><name>guest ok</name><value>yes</value></smbconfoption>
+</smbconfexample>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>SPECIAL SECTIONS</title>
+
+ <refsect2>
+ <title>The [global] section</title>
+
+ <para>Parameters in this section apply to the server
+ as a whole, or are defaults for sections that do not
+ specifically define certain items. See the notes
+ under PARAMETERS for more information.</para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="HOMESECT">
+ <title>The [homes] section</title>
+
+ <para>If a section called [homes] is included in the
+ configuration file, services connecting clients to their
+ home directories can be created on the fly by the server.</para>
+
+ <para>When the connection request is made, the existing
+ sections are scanned. If a match is found, it is used. If no
+ match is found, the requested section name is treated as a
+ username and looked up in the local password file. If the
+ name exists and the correct password has been given, a share is
+ created by cloning the [homes] section.</para>
+
+ <para>Some modifications are then made to the newly
+ created share:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>The share name is changed from homes to
+ the located username.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>If no path was given, the path is set to
+ the user's home directory.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>If you decide to use a <emphasis>path =</emphasis> line
+ in your [homes] section, you may find it useful
+ to use the %S macro. For example :</para>
+
+ <para><userinput moreinfo="none">path = /data/pchome/%S</userinput></para>
+
+ <para>is useful if you have different home directories
+ for your PCs than for UNIX access.</para>
+
+ <para>This is a fast and simple way to give a large number
+ of clients access to their home directories with a minimum
+ of fuss.</para>
+
+ <para>A similar process occurs if the requested section
+ name is <quote>homes</quote>, except that the share name is not
+ changed to that of the requesting user. This method of using
+ the [homes] section works well if different users share
+ a client PC.</para>
+
+ <para>The [homes] section can specify all the parameters
+ a normal service section can specify, though some make more sense
+ than others. The following is a typical and suitable [homes]
+ section:</para>
+
+ <smbconfexample>
+ <smbconfsection>[homes]</smbconfsection>
+ <smbconfoption><name>read only</name><value>no</value></smbconfoption>
+ </smbconfexample>
+
+ <para>An important point is that if guest access is specified
+ in the [homes] section, all home directories will be
+ visible to all clients <emphasis>without a password</emphasis>.
+ In the very unlikely event that this is actually desirable, it
+ is wise to also specify <emphasis>read only access</emphasis>.</para>
+
+ <para>The <emphasis>browseable</emphasis> flag for
+ auto home directories will be inherited from the global browseable
+ flag, not the [homes] browseable flag. This is useful as
+ it means setting <emphasis>browseable = no</emphasis> in
+ the [homes] section will hide the [homes] share but make
+ any auto home directories visible.</para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="PRINTERSSECT">
+ <title>The [printers] section</title>
+
+ <para>This section works like [homes],
+ but for printers.</para>
+
+ <para>If a [printers] section occurs in the
+ configuration file, users are able to connect to any printer
+ specified in the local host's printcap file.</para>
+
+ <para>When a connection request is made, the existing sections
+ are scanned. If a match is found, it is used. If no match is found,
+ but a [homes] section exists, it is used as described
+ above. Otherwise, the requested section name is treated as a
+ printer name and the appropriate printcap file is scanned to see
+ if the requested section name is a valid printer share name. If
+ a match is found, a new printer share is created by cloning
+ the [printers] section.</para>
+
+ <para>A few modifications are then made to the newly created
+ share:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>The share name is set to the located printer
+ name</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>If no printer name was given, the printer name
+ is set to the located printer name</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>If the share does not permit guest access and
+ no username was given, the username is set to the located
+ printer name.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>The [printers] service MUST be
+ printable - if you specify otherwise, the server will refuse
+ to load the configuration file.</para>
+
+ <para>Typically the path specified is that of a
+ world-writeable spool directory with the sticky bit set on
+ it. A typical [printers] entry looks like
+ this:</para>
+
+ <smbconfexample>
+ <smbconfsection>[printers]</smbconfsection>
+ <smbconfoption><name>path</name><value>/usr/spool/public</value></smbconfoption>
+ <smbconfoption><name>guest ok</name><value>yes</value></smbconfoption>
+ <smbconfoption><name>printable</name><value>yes</value></smbconfoption>
+ </smbconfexample>
+
+ <para>All aliases given for a printer in the printcap file
+ are legitimate printer names as far as the server is concerned.
+ If your printing subsystem doesn't work like that, you will have
+ to set up a pseudo-printcap. This is a file consisting of one or
+ more lines like this:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+alias|alias|alias|alias...
+ </programlisting>
+
+ <para>Each alias should be an acceptable printer name for
+ your printing subsystem. In the [global] section, specify
+ the new file as your printcap. The server will only recognize
+ names found in your pseudo-printcap, which of course can contain
+ whatever aliases you like. The same technique could be used
+ simply to limit access to a subset of your local printers.</para>
+
+ <para>An alias, by the way, is defined as any component of the
+ first entry of a printcap record. Records are separated by newlines,
+ components (if there are more than one) are separated by vertical
+ bar symbols (<quote>|</quote>).</para>
+
+ <note><para>On SYSV systems which use lpstat to determine what
+ printers are defined on the system you may be able to use
+ <quote>printcap name = lpstat</quote> to automatically obtain a list
+ of printers. See the <quote>printcap name</quote> option
+ for more details.</para></note>
+ </refsect2>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>PARAMETERS</title>
+
+ <para>Parameters define the specific attributes of sections.</para>
+
+ <para>Some parameters are specific to the [global] section
+ (e.g., <emphasis>security</emphasis>). Some parameters are usable
+ in all sections (e.g., <emphasis>create mode</emphasis>). All others
+ are permissible only in normal sections. For the purposes of the
+ following descriptions the [homes] and [printers]
+ sections will be considered normal. The letter <emphasis>G</emphasis>
+ in parentheses indicates that a parameter is specific to the
+ [global] section. The letter <emphasis>S</emphasis>
+ indicates that a parameter can be specified in a service specific
+ section. All <emphasis>S</emphasis> parameters can also be specified in
+ the [global] section - in which case they will define
+ the default behavior for all services.</para>
+
+ <para>Parameters are arranged here in alphabetical order - this may
+ not create best bedfellows, but at least you can find them! Where
+ there are synonyms, the preferred synonym is described, others refer
+ to the preferred synonym.</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>VARIABLE SUBSTITUTIONS</title>
+
+ <para>Many of the strings that are settable in the config file
+ can take substitutions. For example the option <quote>path =
+ /tmp/%u</quote> is interpreted as <quote>path =
+ /tmp/john</quote> if the user connected with the username john.</para>
+
+ <para>These substitutions are mostly noted in the descriptions below,
+ but there are some general substitutions which apply whenever they
+ might be relevant. These are:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%U</term>
+ <listitem><para>session username (the username that the client
+ wanted, not necessarily the same as the one they got).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%G</term>
+ <listitem><para>primary group name of %U.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%h</term>
+ <listitem><para>the Internet hostname that Samba is running
+ on.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%m</term>
+ <listitem><para>the NetBIOS name of the client machine
+ (very useful).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%L</term>
+ <listitem><para>the NetBIOS name of the server. This allows you
+ to change your config based on what the client calls you. Your
+ server can have a <quote>dual personality</quote>.</para>
+
+ <para>This parameter is not available when Samba listens
+ on port 445, as clients no longer send this information.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%M</term>
+ <listitem><para>the Internet name of the client machine.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%R</term>
+ <listitem><para>the selected protocol level after
+ protocol negotiation. It can be one of CORE, COREPLUS,
+ LANMAN1, LANMAN2 or NT1.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%d</term>
+ <listitem><para>The process id of the current server
+ process.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%a</term>
+ <listitem><para>the architecture of the remote
+ machine. Only some are recognized, and those may not be
+ 100% reliable. It currently recognizes Samba, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95,
+ Windows NT and Windows 2000. Anything else will be known as
+ <quote>UNKNOWN</quote>. If it gets it wrong sending a level
+ 3 log to <ulink url="mailto:samba@samba.org">samba@samba.org
+ </ulink> should allow it to be fixed.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%I</term>
+ <listitem><para>The IP address of the client machine.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%T</term>
+ <listitem><para>the current date and time.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%D</term>
+ <listitem><para>Name of the domain or workgroup of the current user.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%$(<replaceable>envvar</replaceable>)</term>
+ <listitem><para>The value of the environment variable
+ <replaceable>envar</replaceable>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>The following substitutes apply only to some configuration options (only those
+ that are used when a connection has been established):</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%S</term>
+ <listitem><para>the name of the current service, if any.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%P</term>
+ <listitem><para>the root directory of the current service,
+ if any.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%u</term>
+ <listitem><para>username of the current service, if any.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%g</term>
+ <listitem><para>primary group name of %u.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%H</term>
+ <listitem><para>the home directory of the user given
+ by %u.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%N</term>
+ <listitem><para>the name of your NIS home directory server.
+ This is obtained from your NIS auto.map entry. If you have
+ not compiled Samba with the <emphasis>--with-automount</emphasis>
+ option, this value will be the same as %L.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>%p</term>
+ <listitem><para>the path of the service's home directory,
+ obtained from your NIS auto.map entry. The NIS auto.map entry
+ is split up as <quote>%N:%p</quote>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>There are some quite creative things that can be done
+ with these substitutions and other <filename moreinfo="none">smb.conf</filename> options.</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1 id="NAMEMANGLINGSECT">
+ <title>NAME MANGLING</title>
+
+ <para>Samba supports <quote>name mangling</quote> so that DOS and
+ Windows clients can use files that don't conform to the 8.3 format.
+ It can also be set to adjust the case of 8.3 format filenames.</para>
+
+ <para>There are several options that control the way mangling is
+ performed, and they are grouped here rather than listed separately.
+ For the defaults look at the output of the testparm program. </para>
+
+ <para>All of these options can be set separately for each service
+ (or globally, of course). </para>
+
+ <para>The options are: </para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>mangle case = yes/no</term>
+ <listitem><para> controls whether names that have characters that
+ aren't of the <quote>default</quote> case are mangled. For example,
+ if this is yes, a name like <quote>Mail</quote> will be mangled.
+ Default <emphasis>no</emphasis>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>case sensitive = yes/no/auto</term>
+ <listitem><para>controls whether filenames are case sensitive. If
+ they aren't, Samba must do a filename search and match on passed
+ names. The default setting of auto allows clients that support case
+ sensitive filenames (Linux CIFSVFS and smbclient 3.0.5 and above currently)
+ to tell the Samba server on a per-packet basis that they wish to access
+ the file system in a case-sensitive manner (to support UNIX case sensitive
+ semantics). No Windows or DOS system supports case-sensitive filename so
+ setting this option to auto is that same as setting it to no for them.
+ Default <emphasis>auto</emphasis>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>default case = upper/lower</term>
+ <listitem><para>controls what the default case is for new
+ filenames. Default <emphasis>lower</emphasis>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>preserve case = yes/no</term>
+ <listitem><para>controls whether new files are created with the
+ case that the client passes, or if they are forced to be the
+ <quote>default</quote> case. Default <emphasis>yes</emphasis>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>short preserve case = yes/no</term>
+ <listitem><para>controls if new files which conform to 8.3 syntax,
+ that is all in upper case and of suitable length, are created
+ upper case, or if they are forced to be the <quote>default</quote>
+ case. This option can be used with <quote>preserve case = yes</quote>
+ to permit long filenames to retain their case, while short names
+ are lowercased. Default <emphasis>yes</emphasis>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>By default, Samba 3.0 has the same semantics as a Windows
+ NT server, in that it is case insensitive but case preserving.</para>
+
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1 id="VALIDATIONSECT">
+ <title>NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD VALIDATION</title>
+
+ <para>There are a number of ways in which a user can connect
+ to a service. The server uses the following steps in determining
+ if it will allow a connection to a specified service. If all the
+ steps fail, the connection request is rejected. However, if one of the
+ steps succeeds, the following steps are not checked.</para>
+
+ <para>If the service is marked <quote>guest only = yes</quote> and the
+ server is running with share-level security (<quote>security = share</quote>,
+ steps 1 to 5 are skipped.</para>
+
+
+ <orderedlist continuation="restarts" inheritnum="ignore" numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem><para>If the client has passed a username/password
+ pair and that username/password pair is validated by the UNIX
+ system's password programs, the connection is made as that
+ username. This includes the
+ \\server\service%<replaceable>username</replaceable> method of passing
+ a username.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>If the client has previously registered a username
+ with the system and now supplies a correct password for that
+ username, the connection is allowed.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>The client's NetBIOS name and any previously
+ used usernames are checked against the supplied password. If
+ they match, the connection is allowed as the corresponding
+ user.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>If the client has previously validated a
+ username/password pair with the server and the client has passed
+ the validation token, that username is used. </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>If a <quote>user = </quote> field is given in the
+ <filename moreinfo="none">smb.conf</filename> file for the service and the client
+ has supplied a password, and that password matches (according to
+ the UNIX system's password checking) with one of the usernames
+ from the <quote>user =</quote> field, the connection is made as
+ the username in the <quote>user =</quote> line. If one
+ of the usernames in the <quote>user =</quote> list begins with a
+ <quote>@</quote>, that name expands to a list of names in
+ the group of the same name.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>If the service is a guest service, a
+ connection is made as the username given in the <quote>guest
+ account =</quote> for the service, irrespective of the
+ supplied password.</para></listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>EXPLANATION OF EACH PARAMETER</title>
+
+ <xi:include href="../smbdotconf/parameters.all.xml" parse="xml"/>
+
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>WARNINGS</title>
+
+ <para>Although the configuration file permits service names
+ to contain spaces, your client software may not. Spaces will
+ be ignored in comparisons anyway, so it shouldn't be a
+ problem - but be aware of the possibility.</para>
+
+ <para>On a similar note, many clients - especially DOS clients -
+ limit service names to eight characters. <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> has no such limitation, but attempts to connect from such
+ clients will fail if they truncate the service names. For this reason
+ you should probably keep your service names down to eight characters
+ in length.</para>
+
+ <para>Use of the [homes] and [printers] special sections make life
+ for an administrator easy, but the various combinations of default
+ attributes can be tricky. Take extreme care when designing these
+ sections. In particular, ensure that the permissions on spool
+ directories are correct.</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>VERSION</title>
+
+ <para>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>SEE ALSO</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbpasswd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>swat</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmblookup</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>testparm</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>testprns</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>AUTHOR</title>
+
+ <para>The original Samba software and related utilities
+ were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
+ by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
+ to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>
+
+ <para>The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer.
+ The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another
+ excellent piece of Open Source software, available at <ulink noescape="1" url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/">
+ ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</ulink>) and updated for the Samba 2.0
+ release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for
+ Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2
+ for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+</refentry>