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Compiling and installing Samba on a Unix host"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 1. General Information</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="samba-faq.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="FAQ-Install.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title"><a name="FAQ-general"></a>Chapter 1. General Information</h2></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="FAQ-general.html#id2808041">Where can I get it?</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-general.html#id2808063">What do the version numbers mean?</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-general.html#id2808152">What platforms are supported?</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-general.html#id2808341">How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?</a></dt></dl></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2808041"></a>Where can I get it?</h2></div></div><p> +The Samba suite is available at the <a href="http://samba.org/" target="_top">samba website</a>. +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2808063"></a>What do the version numbers mean?</h2></div></div><p> +It is not recommended that you run a version of Samba with the word +"alpha" in its name unless you know what you are doing and are willing +to do some debugging. Many, many people just get the latest +recommended stable release version and are happy. If you are brave, by +all means take the plunge and help with the testing and development - +but don't install it on your departmental server. Samba is typically +very stable and safe, and this is mostly due to the policy of many +public releases. +</p><p> +How the scheme works: +</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>When major changes are made the version number is increased. For +example, the transition from 1.9.15 to 1.9.16. However, this version +number will not appear immediately and people should continue to use +1.9.15 for production systems (see next point.)</td></tr><tr><td>Just after major changes are made the software is considered +unstable, and a series of alpha releases are distributed, for example +1.9.16alpha1. These are for testing by those who know what they are +doing. The "alpha" in the filename will hopefully scare off those who +are just looking for the latest version to install.</td></tr><tr><td>When the release manager, currently Jerry, thinks that the alphas have stabilised to the point +where he would recommend new users install it, he renames it to the +same version number without the alpha, for example 1.9.16.</td></tr><tr><td>Inevitably bugs are found in the "stable" releases and minor patch +levels are released which give us the pXX series, for example 1.9.16p2.</td></tr></table><p> +</p><p> +So the progression goes: + +</p><pre class="programlisting"> +1.9.15p7 (production) +1.9.15p8 (production) +1.9.16alpha1 (test sites only) +: +1.9.16alpha20 (test sites only) +1.9.16 (production) +1.9.16p1 (production) +</pre><p> +</p><p> +The above system means that whenever someone looks at the samba ftp +site they will be able to grab the highest numbered release without an +alpha in the name and be sure of getting the current recommended +version. +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2808152"></a>What platforms are supported?</h2></div></div><p> +Many different platforms have run Samba successfully. The platforms +most widely used and thus best tested are Linux and SunOS.</p><p> +At time of writing, there is support (or has been support for in earlier +versions): +</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>A/UX 3.0</td></tr><tr><td>AIX</td></tr><tr><td>Altos Series 386/1000</td></tr><tr><td>Amiga</td></tr><tr><td>Apollo Domain/OS sr10.3</td></tr><tr><td>BSDI </td></tr><tr><td>B.O.S. (Bull Operating System)</td></tr><tr><td>Cray, Unicos 8.0</td></tr><tr><td>Convex</td></tr><tr><td>DGUX. </td></tr><tr><td>DNIX.</td></tr><tr><td>FreeBSD</td></tr><tr><td>HP-UX</td></tr><tr><td>Intergraph. </td></tr><tr><td>Linux with/without shadow passwords and quota</td></tr><tr><td>LYNX 2.3.0</td></tr><tr><td>MachTen (a unix like system for Macintoshes)</td></tr><tr><td>Motorola 88xxx/9xx range of machines</td></tr><tr><td>NetBSD</td></tr><tr><td>NEXTSTEP Release 2.X, 3.0 and greater (including OPENSTEP for Mach).</td></tr><tr><td>OS/2 using EMX 0.9b</td></tr><tr><td>OSF1</td></tr><tr><td>QNX 4.22</td></tr><tr><td>RiscIX. </td></tr><tr><td>RISCOs 5.0B</td></tr><tr><td>SEQUENT. </td></tr><tr><td>SCO (including: 3.2v2, European dist., OpenServer 5)</td></tr><tr><td>SGI.</td></tr><tr><td>SMP_DC.OSx v1.1-94c079 on Pyramid S series</td></tr><tr><td>SONY NEWS, NEWS-OS (4.2.x and 6.1.x)</td></tr><tr><td>SUNOS 4</td></tr><tr><td>SUNOS 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4 (Solaris 2.2, 2.3, and '2.4 and later')</td></tr><tr><td>Sunsoft ISC SVR3V4</td></tr><tr><td>SVR4</td></tr><tr><td>System V with some berkely extensions (Motorola 88k R32V3.2).</td></tr><tr><td>ULTRIX.</td></tr><tr><td>UNIXWARE</td></tr><tr><td>UXP/DS</td></tr></table></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2808341"></a>How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?</h2></div></div><p> +Look at <a href="http://samba.org/samba/archives.html" target="_top">the samba mailing list page</a> +</p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="samba-faq.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="samba-faq.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="FAQ-Install.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Samba FAQ </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="samba-faq.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 2. 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