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General Information</H1 +><DIV +CLASS="SECT1" +><H1 +CLASS="SECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN12" +></A +>1.1. Where can I get it?</H1 +><P +>The Samba suite is available at the <A +HREF="http://samba.org/" +TARGET="_top" +>samba website</A +>.</P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT1" +><H1 +CLASS="SECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN16" +></A +>1.2. What do the version numbers mean?</H1 +><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 +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +><TBODY +><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 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 1.9.16.</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 +></TBODY +></TABLE +><P +></P +> </P +><P +>So the progression goes: + +<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 +>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" +><H1 +CLASS="SECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN28" +></A +>1.3. What platforms are supported?</H1 +><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 +><P +></P +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +><TBODY +><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 +></TBODY +></TABLE +><P +></P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT1" +><H1 +CLASS="SECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN71" +></A +>1.4. How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?</H1 +><P +>Look at <A +HREF="http://samba.org/samba/archives.html" +TARGET="_top" +>the samba mailing list page</A +></P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT1" +><H1 +CLASS="SECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN75" +></A +>1.5. Pizza supply details</H1 +><P +>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 +>Method 1: 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.</P +><P +>Method 2: 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.</P +><P +>Method 3: 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 :-)</P +><P +>Method 4: Air freight him a pizza with your favourite regional +flavours. 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