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diff --git a/docs/textdocs/UNIX_INSTALL.txt b/docs/textdocs/UNIX_INSTALL.txt
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--- a/docs/textdocs/UNIX_INSTALL.txt
+++ b/docs/textdocs/UNIX_INSTALL.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
Contributor: Andrew Tridgell <samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au>
Date: Unknown
Status: Current
-Updated: July 5, 1998 <jht@samba.anu.edu.au>
+Updated: November 13, 1998 <jra@samba.anu.edu.au>
Subject: HOW TO INSTALL AND TEST SAMBA
===============================================================================
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ try something like:
nroff -man smbd.8 | more
-Unfortunately, having said this, the man pages are sadly out of date and
-really need more effort to maintain them. Other sources of information
-are pointed to by the Samba web site, http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba.
+Other sources of information are pointed to by the Samba web
+site, http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba.
STEP 1. Building the binaries
@@ -176,7 +175,7 @@ non-Samba servers)
STEP 7. try connecting with the unix client. eg:
-smbclient '\\yourhostname\aservice'
+smbclient //yourhostname/aservice
Typically the "yourhostname" would be the name of the host where you
installed smbd. The "aservice" is any service you have defined in the
@@ -186,10 +185,7 @@ in smb.conf.
For example if your unix host is bambi and your login name is fred you
would type:
-smbclient '\\bambi\fred'
-
-NOTE: The number of slashes to use depends on the type of shell you
-use. You may need '\\\\bambi\\fred' with some shells.
+smbclient //bambi/fred
STEP 8. Try connecting from a dos/WfWg/Win95/NT/os-2 client. Try
mounting disks. eg: