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Step 1: download Samba4
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+If you have downloaded the Samba4 code via a tarball released from the
+samba.org website, Step 1 has already been completed for you. For testing
+with the version released in the tarball, you may continue on to Step 2. Note
+that the references below to the top-level directory named "samba4" will
+instead be based on the name of the tarball downloaded (e.g.
+"samba-4.0.0alpha3" for the tarball samba-4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz).
+
There are 2 methods of doing this:
method 1: "rsync -avz samba.org::ftp/unpacked/samba_4_0_test/ samba4"