summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/docs/faq/Samba-meta-FAQ-2.html
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/faq/Samba-meta-FAQ-2.html')
-rw-r--r--docs/faq/Samba-meta-FAQ-2.html384
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 384 deletions
diff --git a/docs/faq/Samba-meta-FAQ-2.html b/docs/faq/Samba-meta-FAQ-2.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e36332d42..0000000000
--- a/docs/faq/Samba-meta-FAQ-2.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,384 +0,0 @@
-<HTML>
-<HEAD>
-<TITLE> Samba meta FAQ: General Information</TITLE>
-</HEAD>
-<BODY>
-<A HREF="Samba-meta-FAQ-1.html">Previous</A>
-<A HREF="Samba-meta-FAQ-3.html">Next</A>
-<A HREF="Samba-meta-FAQ.html#toc2">Table of Contents</A>
-<HR>
-<H2><A NAME="s2">2. General Information</A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="general_info"></A>
-</P>
-<P>All about Samba - what it is, how to get it, related sources of
-information, how to understand the numbering scheme, pizza
-details.</P>
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss2.1">2.1 What is Samba?</A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="introduction"></A>
-</P>
-<P>Samba is a suite of programs which work together to allow clients to
-access to a server's filespace and printers via the SMB (Server Message
-Block) and CIFS (Common Internet Filesystem) protocols. Initially
-written for Unix, Samba now also runs on Netware, OS/2, VMS, StratOS and
-Amigas. Ports to BeOS and other operating systems are underway. Samba
-gives the capability for these operating systems to behave much like a
-LAN Server, Windows NT Server or Pathworks machine, only with added
-functionality and flexibility designed to make life easier for
-administrators. </P>
-<P>This means that using Samba you can share a server's disks and printers
-to many sorts of network clients, including Lan Manager, Windows for
-Workgroups, Windows NT, Linux, OS/2, and AIX. There is also a generic
-client program supplied as part of the Samba suite which gives a user on
-the server an ftp-like interface to access filespace and printers on any
-other SMB/CIFS servers.</P>
-<P>SMB has been implemented over many protocols, including XNS, NBT, IPX,
-NetBEUI and TCP/IP. Samba only uses TCP/IP. This is not likely to change
-although there have been some requests for NetBEUI support.</P>
-<P>Many users report that compared to other SMB implementations Samba is
-more stable, faster, and compatible with more clients. Administrators of
-some large installations say that Samba is the only SMB server available
-which will scale to many tens of thousands of users without crashing.
-The easy way to test these claims is to download it and try it for
-yourself!</P>
-<P>The suite is supplied with full source code under the
-<A HREF="../COPYING">GNU Public License</A>. The GPL means that you can
-use Samba for whatever purpose you wish (including changing the source
-or selling it for money) but under all circumstances the source code
-must be made freely available. A copy of the GPL must always be included
-in any copy of the package.</P>
-<P>The primary creator of the Samba suite is Andrew Tridgell. Later
-versions incorporate much effort by many net.helpers. The man pages
-and this FAQ were originally written by Karl Auer.</P>
-
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss2.2">2.2 What is the current version of Samba?</A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="current_version"></A>
-</P>
-<P>At time of writing, the current version was 1.9.17. If you want to be
-sure check the bottom of the change-log file.
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/change-log">ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/change-log</A></P>
-<P>For more information see
-<A HREF="#version_nums">What do the version numbers mean?</A></P>
-
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss2.3">2.3 Where can I get it? </A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="WhereFrom"></A>
-</P>
-<P>The Samba suite is available via anonymous ftp from samba.org and
-many
-<A HREF="../MIRRORS">mirror</A> sites. You will get much
-faster performance if you use a mirror site. The latest and greatest
-versions of the suite are in the directory:</P>
-<P>/pub/samba/</P>
-<P>Development (read "alpha") versions, which are NOT necessarily stable
-and which do NOT necessarily have accurate documentation, are available
-in the directory:</P>
-<P>/pub/samba/alpha</P>
-<P>Note that binaries are NOT included in any of the above. Samba is
-distributed ONLY in source form, though binaries may be available from
-other sites. Most Linux distributions, for example, do contain Samba
-binaries for that platform. The VMS, OS/2, Netware and Amiga and other
-ports typically have binaries made available.</P>
-<P>A special case is vendor-provided binary packages. Samba binaries and
-default configuration files are put into packages for a specific
-operating system. RedHat Linux and Sun Solaris (Sparc and x86) is
-already included, and others such as OS/2 may follow. All packages are
-in the directory:</P>
-<P>/pub/samba/Binary_Packages/"OS_Vendor"</P>
-
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss2.4">2.4 What do the version numbers mean?</A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="version_nums"></A>
-</P>
-<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>
-<P>
-<OL>
-<LI>When major changes are made the version number is increased. For
-example, the transition from 1.9.16 to 1.9.17. However, this version
-number will not appear immediately and people should continue to use
-1.9.15 for production systems (see next point.)
-</LI>
-<LI>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.
-</LI>
-<LI>When Andrew 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 1.9.17.
-</LI>
-<LI>Inevitably bugs are found in the "stable" releases and minor patch
-levels are released which give us the pXX series, for example 1.9.17p2.
-</LI>
-</OL>
-</P>
-<P>So the progression goes:</P>
-<P>
-<PRE>
- 1.9.16p10 (production)
- 1.9.16p11 (production)
- 1.9.17alpha1 (test sites only)
- :
- 1.9.17alpha20 (test sites only)
- 1.9.17 (production)
- 1.9.17p1 (production)
-</PRE>
-</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>
-
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss2.5">2.5 Where can I go for further information?</A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="more"></A>
-</P>
-<P>There are a number of places to look for more information on Samba,
-including:</P>
-<P>
-<UL>
-<LI>Two mailing lists devoted to discussion of Samba-related matters.
-See below for subscription information.
-</LI>
-<LI>The newsgroup comp.protocols.smb, which has a great deal of
-discussion about Samba.
-</LI>
-<LI>The WWW site 'SAMBA Web Pages' at
-<A HREF="http://samba.org/samba/">http://samba.org/samba/</A> includes:
-
-<UL>
-<LI>Links to man pages and documentation, including this FAQ</LI>
-<LI>A comprehensive survey of Samba users</LI>
-<LI>A searchable hypertext archive of the Samba mailing list</LI>
-<LI>Links to Samba source code, binaries, and mirrors of both</LI>
-<LI>This FAQ and the rest in its family</LI>
-</UL>
-
-</LI>
-</UL>
-</P>
-
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss2.6">2.6 How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?</A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="mailinglist"></A>
-</P>
-<P>Send email to
-<A HREF="mailto:listproc@samba.org">listproc@samba.org</A>. Make sure the subject line is blank,
-and include the following two lines in the body of the message:</P>
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-subscribe samba Firstname Lastname
-subscribe samba-announce Firstname Lastname
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-</P>
-<P>Obviously you should substitute YOUR first name for "Firstname" and
-YOUR last name for "Lastname"! Try not to send any signature, it
-sometimes confuses the list processor.</P>
-<P>The samba list is a digest list - every eight hours or so it sends a
-single message containing all the messages that have been received by
-the list since the last time and sends a copy of this message to all
-subscribers. There are thousands of people on this list.</P>
-<P>If you stop being interested in Samba, please send another email to
-<A HREF="mailto:listproc@samba.org">listproc@samba.org</A>. Make sure the subject line is blank, and
-include the following two lines in the body of the message:</P>
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-unsubscribe samba
-unsubscribe samba-announce
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-</P>
-<P>The <B>From:</B> line in your message <EM>MUST</EM> be the same
-address you used when you subscribed.</P>
-
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss2.7">2.7 Something's gone wrong - what should I do?</A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="wrong"></A>
-</P>
-<P><B><F>#</F> *** IMPORTANT! *** <F>#</F></B></P>
-
-<P>DO NOT post messages on mailing lists or in newsgroups until you have
-carried out the first three steps given here!</P>
-<P>
-<OL>
-<LI> See if there are any likely looking entries in this FAQ!
-If you have just installed Samba, have you run through the checklist in
-<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/DIAGNOSIS.txt">DIAGNOSIS.txt</A>? It can save you a lot of time and effort.
-DIAGNOSIS.txt can also be found in the docs directory of the Samba
-distribution.
-</LI>
-<LI> Read the man pages for smbd, nmbd and smb.conf, looking for
-topics that relate to what you are trying to do.
-</LI>
-<LI> If there is no obvious solution to hand, try to get a look at
-the log files for smbd and/or nmbd for the period during which you
-were having problems. You may need to reconfigure the servers to
-provide more extensive debugging information - usually level 2 or
-level 3 provide ample debugging info. Inspect these logs closely,
-looking particularly for the string "Error:".
-</LI>
-<LI> If you need urgent help and are willing to pay for it see
-<A HREF="#PaidSupport">Paid Support</A>.
-</LI>
-</OL>
-</P>
-<P>If you still haven't got anywhere, ask the mailing list or newsgroup. In
-general nobody minds answering questions provided you have followed the
-preceding steps. It might be a good idea to scan the archives of the
-mailing list, which are available through the Samba web site described
-in the previous section. When you post be sure to include a good
-description of your environment and your problem.</P>
-<P>If you successfully solve a problem, please mail the FAQ maintainer a
-succinct description of the symptom, the problem and the solution, so
-that an explanation can be incorporated into the next version.</P>
-
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss2.8">2.8 How do I submit patches or bug reports?</A></H2>
-
-
-<P>If you make changes to the source code, <EM>please</EM> submit these patches
-so that everyone else gets the benefit of your work. This is one of
-the most important aspects to the maintainence of Samba. Send all
-patches to
-<A HREF="mailto:samba@samba.org">samba@samba.org</A>. Do not send patches to Andrew Tridgell or any
-other individual, they may be lost if you do.</P>
-<P>Patch format
-------------</P>
-<P>If you are sending a patch to fix a problem then please don't just use
-standard diff format. As an example, samba@samba.org received this patch from
-someone:</P>
-<P>382a
-#endif
-..
-381a
-#if !defined(NEWS61)</P>
-<P>How are we supposed to work out what this does and where it goes? These
-sort of patches only work if we both have identical files in the first
-place. The Samba sources are constantly changing at the hands of multiple
-developers, so it doesn't work.</P>
-<P>Please use either context diffs or (even better) unified diffs. You
-get these using "diff -c4" or "diff -u". If you don't have a diff that
-can generate these then please send manualy commented patches to I
-know what is being changed and where. Most patches are applied by hand so
-the info must be clear.</P>
-<P>This is a basic guideline that will assist us with assessing your problem
-more efficiently :</P>
-<P>Machine Arch:
-Machine OS:
-OS Version:
-Kernel:</P>
-<P>Compiler:
-Libc Version:</P>
-<P>Samba Version:</P>
-<P>Network Layout (description):</P>
-<P>What else is on machine (services, etc):</P>
-<P>Some extras :</P>
-<P>
-<UL>
-<LI> what you did and what happened
-</LI>
-<LI> relevant parts of a debugging output file with debuglevel higher.
-If you can't find the relevant parts, please ask before mailing
-huge files.
-</LI>
-<LI> anything else you think is useful to trace down the bug
-</LI>
-</UL>
-</P>
-
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss2.9">2.9 What if I have an URGENT message for the developers?</A></H2>
-
-
-<P>If you have spotted something very serious and believe that it is
-important to contact the developers quickly send a message to
-samba-urgent@samba.org. This will be processed more quickly than
-mail to samba@samba.org. Please think carefully before using this address. An
-example of its use might be to report a security hole.</P>
-<P>Examples of things <EM>not</EM> to send to samba-urgent include problems
-getting Samba to work at all and bugs that cannot potentially cause damage.</P>
-
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss2.10">2.10 What if I need paid-for support?</A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="PaidSupport"></A>
-</P>
-<P>Samba has a large network of consultants who provide Samba support on a
-commercial basis. The list is included in the package in
-<A HREF="../Support.txt">../Support.txt</A>, and the latest version will always be on the main
-samba ftp site. Any company in the world can request that the samba team
-include their details in Support.txt so we can give no guarantee of
-their services.</P>
-
-
-<H2><A NAME="ss2.11">2.11 Pizza supply details</A></H2>
-
-<P>
-<A NAME="pizza"></A>
-
-Those who have registered in the Samba survey as "Pizza Factory" will
-already know this, but the rest may need some help. Andrew doesn't ask
-for payment, but he does appreciate it when people give him
-pizza. This calls for a little organisation when the pizza donor is
-twenty thousand kilometres away, but it has been done.</P>
-<P>
-<OL>
-<LI> Ring up your local branch of an international pizza chain
-and see if they honour their vouchers internationally. Pizza Hut do,
-which is how the entire Canberra Linux Users Group got to eat pizza
-one night, courtesy of someone in the US.
-</LI>
-<LI>Ring up a local pizza shop in Canberra and quote a credit
-card number for a certain amount, and tell them that Andrew will be
-collecting it (don't forget to tell him.) One kind soul from Germany
-did this.
-</LI>
-<LI>Purchase a pizza voucher from your local pizza shop that has
-no international affiliations and send it to Andrew. It is completely
-useless but he can hang it on the wall next to the one he already has
-from Germany :-)
-</LI>
-<LI>Air freight him a pizza with your favourite regional
-flavours. It will probably get stuck in customs or torn apart by
-hungry sniffer dogs but it will have been a noble gesture.
-</LI>
-</OL>
-</P>
-
-
-<HR>
-<A HREF="Samba-meta-FAQ-1.html">Previous</A>
-<A HREF="Samba-meta-FAQ-3.html">Next</A>
-<A HREF="Samba-meta-FAQ.html#toc2">Table of Contents</A>
-</BODY>
-</HTML>